Invasion Shots (1944)

Unissued / Unused material.



Location of events unclear / unknown.



Various shots as field guns are loaded and fired. C/U loading shells. M/S British soldier reading letter. M/S man in fox hole with rifle. Various shots soldiers manning their posts. M/S bombed street, a tank drives in. M/S soldiers with rifles on hillside. L/S smoke rising in distance as soldiers walk along road. M/S's soldiers sat eating and drinking in field. M/S wrecked tanks with tracks and wheels hanging off. M/S rocket launcher being wheeled into position. M/S soldiers smoking in trench. M/S soldier sighting along rifle. M/S soldiers with guns in ruined town. L/S as smoke rises in distance. M/S lookout tower, pans down to wrecked tank. M/S sign 'Tay Bridge' with bridge behind.
FILM ID:1967.05

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