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  1. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Preparing the Way

    Date released
    23 Aug 1943
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    742
    NoS ID
    012809
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF Prepare the Way. DESCRIPTION: Britain has become the biggest aircraft carrier attacking the Axis. Bostons are frequently in operation over Europe, in this film they attack a U-Boat...

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  2. Bostons over France

    Date released
    23 Aug 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/67
    NoS ID
    100072
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Bostons head out across the English Channel, their destination Abbeville aerodrome. As the bombs fall and explode ground waves can be seen. Further down the coast another formation of Bostons is over the...

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  3. Liberation of Rennes

    Date released
    14 Aug 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/65
    NoS ID
    100456
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Gendarmes and resistance personnel escort French collaborators from house through hostile French crowds. By contrast happy crowds greet their liberators as British and American troops enter the town.

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  4. De Gaulle Gets Mixed Reception

    Date released
    25 Sep 1958
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    58/77
    NoS ID
    108336
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    General de Gaulle visits important cities of France for vote of confidence on his new constitution and receives mixed reception.

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