Title:BRITISH TROOPS ON ACTIVE SERVICE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 9
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Summary: Three sequences of British troops "in action".
Description: 1. (Mute sequence) "Narvik landing". British destroyer (?) and fishing boat (?) at anchor off mountainous coast. Troops prepare to disembark. Naval guns bombard shore; troops make for shore in fishing boat. British soldiers and local civilians with bulldozer and roller prepare ground (air strip?). An "attack" by 3 aircraft (apparently Bristol Blenheims) - men run for cover, man AA guns etc. Bomb explosions round small ship.
2. (Sequence with synch sound) "Anti-parachutists Manoeuvre". Army camp in British countryside; bagpipes and bugle call; infantry run to board buses (still carrying ads for Branston Pickle etc), carrier, bicycles etc to travel along lanes, over railway and fields to mock infantry battle.
3. (Mute sequence) "on the Libyan frontier, British forces bombard can Italian fort". Lorries two artillery across sandy plain. Soldiers wearing bush hats set up guns and bombard buildings.
