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TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

1980-0197

Film

1 of 1

1945-01-17

Canadian Edition 27-45
Fox Movietone News

photography, Mike Angelo

Newsreel story in the segment BRITISH EMPIRE NEWS. Footage includes: tanks; along the Rhine; explosion; escarpment; minesweeper. The description in the NFB dope sheet is as follows: footage shot by Sergeant Angelo, on January 17, 1945, near Hertengobosch, Holland. Supported by three regiments of tanks and three of artillery, Canadian infantry units launched an attack against enemy positions near this Dutch town. Tanks and artillery fired salvos and the intense barrage lasted some two hours during which enemy positions were heavily blasted. The sequence of shots is as follows: longshot of tanks lined up in a row, preparing to fire; close-up of Sergeant Fuller, T.J., 2 Troops, 1 Squadron, Bradford, Ontario, sitting in a tank turret; medium shot of command tank at rear of other tanks; medium shot of men swarming over tanks as they prepare for action and medium shots of tanks firing.

Mute with English intertitles

54-44

Libre

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