Commandos Raid Norway (1942)

Lengthy titles explain that in view of the frequency and increasing importance of British raids on Norway, we are about to see a complete reel of the Commandos raid on Vaagso and Maaloy. The pictorial record of Prime Minister Winston Churchill s visit to the US has been held until the next issue. Main title reads: COMMANDOS RAID NORWAY. Warship pulls up anchor. Naval and military Commanders check last minute plans. General view of waves breaking over the bow of the ship. M, S of The Mad Major, Major Churchill playing bagpipes on the deck of a ship. Various shots of Commandos below decks, playing cards, sleeping and priming their grenades. RAF planes fly overhead. C, U of a map of the Vaagso and Maaloy Islands just off Norway. L, S of a battleship on the horizon at sunset. Commandos wait on the ship for the order to attack as we hear the sound of a clock ticking. When it comes they make for the landing craft. L, S shows Very lights sent up by the Germans piercing the sky over the islands.