D Day Exercise (1940)

Unissued / unused material - dates and location unclear or unknown. Ship to air shot of bombers flying overhead. Various warships sailing - barrage balloons fly over head. Various shots of British troops embarking on landing craft and troops ships. - possibly D Day training exercise. VS troops on ships. Various shots of members of ship’s crew - including workers from the Empire. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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