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1951 - Germany: NATO Maneuvers, Exercise Counterthrust, 18Sep51
British Blue Force soldiers wait in the tall grass in defense of a bridge across the Aller River leading to Rethem.
09:22:51 MS high angle / HA soldiers in M-24 tank watch from turret & gun position. LS soldier kneeling in grass fires rifle, left. LS M-24 tank guarding bridge approach, fires left of camera. ELS, tank driving toward right.
09:23:26 LS sign: Rethem. Pedestrian walks toward camera, young girl cycles on road away from camera.
09:23:35 British 30th Engineers carry assault boat to river, board, paddle & meet assault teams who have entered from right. LS boats paddled swiftly across.
09:24:29 MLS Aller River bridge, smoke rises behind. LS British Centurion tank drives right on streets of Rethem in retreat. LS Bren Carrier of Blue Force has mechanical difficulty in street. LSs US jeep & M-24 tanks of the Aggressor Red Force, 6th Armored Cav 2d Battalion, Company D enter Rethem driving past.
09:25:45 MS General Eisenhower walking l. to r. on street to inspect men of British 1st Essex Regiment. Ike & Brig Campbell, British 31st Infantry Brigade inspects formations of exercise umpires & men.
09:26:27 MSs, Ike, Campbell, & Colonel Charles of Essex Regiment walk, talk in street; enter British passenger cars & drive away.
09:26:52 MLS British soldiers in full gear trot from bridge approach, r, to l. Pan right to American jeeps & M- 24 tanks in pursuit across bridge. A native horse-drawn wagon of milk cans / beer kegs in procession of tanks. Tanks, jeeps, & trucks of Red Force cross bridge & drive past camera in the town.
09:29:17 LS, MLSs, pan British crossing Aller River in assault boats; troops climb up riverbank twd camera & out of water.
Cold War; Army Military Training
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1951 - Germany: NATO Maneuvers, Exercise Counterthrust, 18Sep51 British Blue Force soldiers wait in the tall grass in defense of a bridge across the Aller River leading to Rethem. 09:22:51 MS high angle / HA soldiers in M-24 tank watch from turret & gun position. LS soldier kneeling in grass fires rifle, left. LS M-24 tank guarding bridge approach, fires left of camera. ELS, tank driving toward right. 09:23:26 LS sign: Rethem. Pedestrian walks toward camera, young girl cycles on road away from camera. 09:23:35 British 30th Engineers carry assault boat to river, board, paddle & meet assault teams who have entered from right. LS boats paddled swiftly across. 09:24:29 MLS Aller River bridge, smoke rises behind. LS British Centurion tank drives right on streets of Rethem in retreat. LS Bren Carrier of Blue Force has mechanical difficulty in street. LSs US jeep & M-24 tanks of the Aggressor Red Force, 6th Armored Cav 2d Battalion, Company D enter Rethem driving past. 09:25:45 MS General Eisenhower walking l. to r. on street to inspect men of British 1st Essex Regiment. Ike & Brig Campbell, British 31st Infantry Brigade inspects formations of exercise umpires & men. 09:26:27 MSs, Ike, Campbell, & Colonel Charles of Essex Regiment walk, talk in street; enter British passenger cars & drive away. 09:26:52 MLS British soldiers in full gear trot from bridge approach, r, to l. Pan right to American jeeps & M- 24 tanks in pursuit across bridge. A native horse-drawn wagon of milk cans / beer kegs in procession of tanks. Tanks, jeeps, & trucks of Red Force cross bridge & drive past camera in the town. 09:29:17 LS, MLSs, pan British crossing Aller River in assault boats; troops climb up riverbank twd camera & out of water. Cold War; Army Military Training NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk