PARACHUTISTS TO REINFORCE CYPRUS Twelve hundred skymen take off for Middle East trouble island.

Record ID: 450969

  • Title: PARACHUTISTS TO REINFORCE CYPRUS Twelve hundred skymen take off for Middle East trouble island.
  • Date: 16th January 1956
  • Summary: Blackbushe, England: Extreme LV Planes lined up on runaway at Blackbushe airport. LV Troops lined up ready to get into planes. GV Front of plane with troops handling luggage crate. SV PAN Troops passing rifles along the line and putting them into a crate. SCU Soldier loading arms into crate. GV Troops boarding plane (No. 228 on plane). SV Ditto. CU Parachute regiment badge on soldiers shoulder. GV PAN Plane taking off from runway. SV PAN Sergeant giving instruction to troops and holding a map SV Soldier kissing his wife goodbye. GV Line of troops with officer taking roll call. SHOT Prop of plane in FG troops lined up in BG. LV PAN Plane taking off from runway. Military - Active; Independence Movements; British Empire; Great Britain Initials LINDEMAN Blackbushe Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 31st January 1956 12:00
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  • Location: BLACKBUSHE, ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA6M72OZIYCF8MDODDVPAPN05JA
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  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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