INVASION PREPARATION (RUSHES 1) [Allocated Title]

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I. Forward 3/4 MS of King George V Class battleship at slow speed-frame swung out to port. MS profile King George V in harbour. LA.MCU of bridge front - DCT traversed to port.

II. Stern 3/4 MS of Fairmile 'D'. Camera pans to follow passing (?) Vosper motor torpedo boat. Study of wake from speeding motor torpedo boat. MCU of forward section of Fairmile 'D' - note zareba behind bridge.

III. MS as gun crew runs from blackout to man 4 inch. MCU from superstructure of traversed 4 inch guns ('O' Class destroyer?).

IV. LA.MCU as man rolls a dead porpoise over the gunwale of a destroyer's whaler onto the deck. Two dead dolphins lie on deck surrounded by crew members.

V. MCU of radar operator in destroyer's Radar Control Room, working antenna scan by hand. The watch is changed.

VI. MS from beach as troops help push an LCP(L) into deeper water. LCM stands by (see ADM 646).

VII. Forward 3/4 MS as camera passes LCT(5)s moored in Southampton waters Profile MS as LCT(4) 712 passes, followed by a second craft which camera pans after. Bow on MS of LCT(4) at sea. MS as LCT(4) 512 casts off. Various on board CUs - steam valve, air vent, Oerlikon mounting. Aerial view of 2 LCTs at sea. MCU as jeep and M7 Priest reverse up ramp into LCT 781. MS of LCT(4) towing another craft.

VIII. Mediterranean troop convoy. Stern 3/4 MS of Ruler Class escort aircraft carrier. Empress Class liner in background.

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