Title:EXERCISE WELDFAST, OCTOBER 1953 - REEL 3 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1396
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:VIPs arrive at Cavala [Kavala] aerodrome. Among officers seen are General Wyman, Major General H Geramanis (Assistant to COMLANDSOUTHEAST), Lieutenant Kitrilakis (Chief of the National Defence Staff), Admiral Fechteler, Major General C E Byers (US Chief of Staff CINCSOUTH), Admiral Lappas, Brigadier General D'Esneval (SHAPE), Air Commodore Wartena, General Nelson (USMC); VIPs - including Rear Admiral Wallace Peterson (US), Congressman Harold O Ostertaag, Admiral Fechteler, General Byers, General Handy, Admiral John Cassady, Admiral Lemonnier and the Greek Orthodox Metropole of Cavala - observe landings by Greek and US troops at Cavala. Sequences include landing craft bringing troops, field radio being set up, bulldozer clearing path for tanks, DUKWs bringing in 105mm guns which are unloaded by crane and moved, Greek and US troops searching beach for mines, foxholes being dug, machinegun nest, troops advance in the field, jeeps and tanks on the move and shots of US Marines.
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
