CF242

 Record ID: 183233
  • Title: CF242
  • Date:1940s
  • Summary: 00:07:12-00:08:38
    Archival BW footage of battleships being torpedoed in WWII. Torpedo being fired, ship exploding, men abandoning ship, jumping into water, survivors, body floating in the water.
    BW footage of women pack assault rifles into boxes. GVs of WWII / WW2 American tanks, missiles. Sailors on ship looking up through binoculars, airplanes fly overhead in formation.
    VE / Victory in Europe celebrations, people dancing in the street, large crowds of people cheering, waving Star and Stripes, American flag. PAN LEFT across large cheering crowd. Sign on statue: Liberty cannot die.
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  • DATE:1940s
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  • Colour:B&W
  • Keywords:WW2 WORLD WAR TWO, ARTILLERY, AMMUNITION, MUNITIONS FACTORY, THE WAR AT HOME, WOMEN IN THE WAR, WAR EFFORT, SOLDIERS, RAF, NAVAL BATTLES, CASUALTIES OF WAR, UK, USA, GERMANY
  • Master Title:CF242
  • Segment:4
  • Sound:Silent
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