Title:EXERCISE FALL TRAP, NORTHERN GREECE - REEL 1 [Allocated Title]
Film Number:NAT 1769
Other titles:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:US Marines (commanded by Lieutenant Colonel R T Dwyer) in action, along the mouth of the Struma River, Greece. Sequences include helicopters landing and taking off, beach landing site being strafed by aircraft from USS Enterprise, and operations tent with officers. The landing itself involves landing craft, amphibious tanks, US Marines, bulldozers, 2 ½-ton trucks, jeeps and mobile cranes. Vehicles head inland; a truck becomes stuck in sand, and a group of black soldiers help to push it. Telecommunications equipment is unloaded. General Stockwell arrives and meets various officers, including Admiral David Macdonald and General Frederick Brown (AFCE, coordinator of Exercise Fall Trap); also arriving is Rear Admiral Phephas (Royal Hellenic Navy, Chief of Naval Training Command), who is seen with Admiral Russell (USN).
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Alternative Title:SHAPE FILM LIBRARY [Allocated Series Title]
