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Univ News: D-Day - Invasion of France

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200-UN-17-302

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08:31

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1944/06/12
Invasion of France
The greatest co-ordination of arms ever portrayed on any motion picture screen in the world. Every scene made during the greatest victory of Allied power to date)

11,000 Allied planes plant their tons of pulverising bombs on shore installations, strategic roads and bridges - then swoop down to strafe enemy trains, ships and planes.

In England, the daredevil paratroopers sail away to their designations and the air-borne troops follow in their gliders. 400 ships set sail for the Cherbourg peninsula. The guns of the invasion navy roar into action. Assault boats bounce through the heavy sea......shore is reached and the intricate Nazi defences are penetrated.

Nazi prisoners are rounded up, and the many Allied and Nazi wounded are treated and returned to England. Allied heavy equipment rumbles by and the French natives welcome their liberators. Supreme commander Dwight Eisenhower visits the scene and is welcomed by Generals Montgomery and Bradley.

The air poundings continue, and the mop=up search for snipers is on. The invasion is successful.




Volume 17 - Issue 302

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MCA / Universal Pictures Collection, 1929 - 1967
200-UN-17-302
35mm DNC
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Newsreel
Black and White
4:3
08:31
23.98
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US Newsreel
1944
France; Europe; Normandy
WW2
D-Day
1940 - 1949
Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
11.5 GB
Scene to scene