BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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His Majesty pays visits to troops continental invasion tactics [sic].
Full Description:
SLATE INFORMATION: KING SEES ARMY'S NEW ASSAULT TACTICS
ENGLAND:
GV King out of car in background and LBV two soldiers standing at attention in foreground. CU King out of car and shakes hands with officer. LV towards King inspecting troops. CUFV pan to side view King walks to another line. LV towards King inspecting troops. SV pan King past camera. GV troops crossing river by boat and by rope. LV soldier on rope crossing river pan to King watching. SV soldier upside down on rope over river, pan to troops with blackened faces in boat alongside. LV King steeping into Bren carrier with officers. SV King in carrier past camera with officers. LV King in carrier with officers onto craft. SV King in carrier on raft, pan to BV troops in boat alongside. GV King making river crossing in carrier on raft. LV King watching troops jumping over horizontal wooden bar. SV troops jumping over wooden bar. SV King laughing with officers. LV towards King in car passing thru lines of cheering troops pan to BV.
Military - Active; Military - Ceremonial; Royalty; King George VI of Great Britain (1936-52)
Background: His Majesty pays visits to troops continental invasion tactics [sic].
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