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  1. Invasion Exercises by British Troops

    Date released
    14 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/30
    NoS ID
    098710
    Story no
    1 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    To the question "When’s the invasion going to start?" the answer is given "Just as soon as we’re ready to invade" and by way of illustration are some of the methods of cliff scaling and beach storming...

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  2. Easter 1941

    Date released
    14 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/30
    NoS ID
    098711
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Flashbacks to the 30s showing crowded railway station, crowded promenade, just the opposite in fact to how Easter is being spent this year. Deserted railway stations, lady porters, women and children working...

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  3. Springboks in Abyssinia

    Date released
    14 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/30
    NoS ID
    098712
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    General Sir Archibald Wavell arrives at the HQ of the South Africans. He is met by General Brink and General Cunningham (brother of Admiral Cunningham). The South Africans were among the first to enter Addis...

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  4. Observer Corps Now Royal

    Date released
    14 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/30
    NoS ID
    098713
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Showing the Observer Corps at work - in recognition of the valuable services of the Corps the King has approved that in future it be known as the Royal Observer Corps.

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  5. British Women for the African Front

    Date released
    14 Apr 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/30
    NoS ID
    098714
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Auxiliary Training Service (ATS) girls of the Mechanised Transport Corps prepare to entrain for North Africa. Their Officer is Mrs Keith Newall who has already seen service in France and was wounded in an...

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