Paratroops En Masse 1944

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Item title reads - Paratroops en masse.

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L/S and aerial shots of British, Canadian and American Air Force and parachute groups jumping from massed formation of Dakota planes on an exercise. L/S paratroops landing on the ground, M/S as they walk across the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44526
Sort Number:
44/018
Time in/Out:
01:24:31:00 / 01:25:42:00
Canister:
44/18
Film ID:
1352.12
Issue Date:
02/03/1944

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