France Armed! Red Efforts Fail To Halt U.S Shipments
France Armed! Red Efforts Fail To Halt U.S Shipments
Clip: 498504_1_1
Year Shot: 1950
(Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1543
Original Film: 023-344-01
HD: N/A
Location: Cherbourg, France
Timecode: 00:58:15 - 00:59:19
France Armed! Red Efforts Fail To Halt U.S Shipments Communist efforts at preventing the discharging of American arms to France are thwarted as the aircraft carrier Dixmude delivers 44 fighter planes in bizerte, North Africa, and heavy guns are unloaded under heavy guard at Cherbourg, France. A fighter plane lifted by a crane and lowered on to the deck of a navel destroyer. Dignitaries stand and watch as another plane is lowered on to the destroyer deck. Some kind of compound enclosed by barred wire. A canon being lowered on to the deck of the destroyer. Camera pans to show a line of canons.