01:45:32 High angle shot of BBC Broadcasting House in London. John Snaggs speaks. Allied naval forces land on northern coast of France - D Day. Good montage of soldiers wading through the sea from amphibious vehicles. Mulberry Harbour - panning shot showing many warships. Winston Churchill...
01:45:32 High angle shot of BBC Broadcasting House in London. John Snaggs speaks. Allied naval forces land on northern coast of France - D Day. Good montage of soldiers wading through the sea from amphibious vehicles. Mulberry Harbour - panning shot showing many warships. Winston Churchill boarding a boat for France. C/U as he makes the V for Victory sign. L/S of battleship. Churchill boards a launch. C/U of Churchill and of Montgomery. They arrive in France. Bomber in flight. Churchill inspects guns with army officers. Bombs dropped, guns fired, explosions etc. Charles De Gaulle and Churchill in Paris drive through streets standing in open topped car. Travelling shot of crowd lined Champs Elysees. C/U of Churchill on board a boat as he crosses the Rhine with the Americans. He is met by Montgomery. M/S of a bombed bridge. Churchill talks to troops. Large number of prisoners of war march past camera with hands in the air. Reverse angle shot of them walking away from the camera. Luneburg Heath - Field Marshal Montgomery receives the surrender of all German forces in North-West Germany, Holland and Denmark. Army and navy officers sign the surrender. Portentous music. Montgomery names the officers who sign (General Kinsel (sp?), Rear Admiral Wagner, Colonel Pollack (sp?), and Major Freid (sp?).) Montgomery signs last. C/U of him signing and C/U of the document, camera pans down it.
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