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Civilians Looking Into Sky 1944
Description
Location Unknown / Unclear - France?
Window of top of house - was enemy sniper there. Various shots of the villagers looking into sky, some pointing at something. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (?) looking into sky.
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 63088
- Sort Number:
- UN 994 B
- Time in/Out:
- 01:14:55:00 / 01:15:40:00
- Canister:
- UN 994 B
- Film ID:
- 2107.05
- Issue Date:
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The man in this clip isn't Bernard Montgomery, but a local Civil Defence volunteer.
That's interesting - the initials "CD" are clearly visible on his uniform. Does anyone know who this is?
Those initials, "CD", stand for Civil Defence.