Pinpointing The News (1945)

Full title reads: “PIN-POINTING THE NEWS“. CZECHS COMMEMORATE RAZING OF LIDICE Lidice, Czechoslovakia. Czechs walking along a country road to Lidice. President Edouard Benes (aka Eduard Benes). Women of Lidice seated together, crying bitterly. Various shots of the ceremony of mourning for the victims of the purge of Lidice. NAZIS MARCH OUT OF HOLLAND Holland. German army horse carts driving along road. Various shots of German soldiers walking back to Germany, Dutch people looking on. FIRST LANDING ON BORNEO Borneo, Indonesia. Various shots of Australian troops and tanks preparing to embark on LCT’s for the invasion of Tarakan Island. Close up shot of General Blaney. Aerial shots of bombs bursting on targets. Several shots of the Australian fleet at sea. Australians landing on Tarakan Island. BRIDGE CARRYING TANKS Unknown, Britain? Various shots of demonstrations of bridge carrying tanks, including the Scissors and Churchill type bridge. HELICOPTER DEMONSTRATION United States of Ame
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