Invasion Scenes (1945)

Unissued / Unused material.
Invasion scenes. Somewhere in Europe.
Various shots planes taxiing and taking off. Various shots shells exploding at night. M/S flare giving smokescreen. M/S as soldiers walk through. L/S smokescreen. L/S troops crossing river, M/S soldiers on bank. M/S's American soldiers in trenches. M/S's tanks in field. C/U soldiers chatting by tank. Various shots tanks in field. M/S men in ditch. Various shots soldiers walking through bombed town. M/S Red Cross men. M/S's soldiers walking along. M/S soldiers climbing into hole in building.
M/S Red Cross man with dead soldier. M/S tank driving through town. M/S prisoners. M/S earth clearing equipment. M/S soldiers getting into boat. L/S crossing river. M/S's as they sort out equipment. Various shots of the desolate countryside. M/S guns firing from tank. M/S boat on top of truck driving along. M/S tank in landing craft. M/S as soldier winds the doors up. M/S of smokescreen being created. M/S soldiers carrying wounded. M/S boat in water. L/S smokescreen. Soldiers walk along. L/S countryside. Various shots soldiers loading and firing mortar guns. Various shots of soldiers walking across countryside.
Cataloguer's note: date of river crossing 23 February 1945.
FILM ID:2117.06
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