Resistance Operations (1944)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. 1944 / 1945? Resistance Operations. Two men in civvies walk through wooded area in countryside and pick up rucksacks hidden beneath a bush. They undo them and take out parts of a radio set. They set it up and one sends signals on the set (he wears headphones) while the other sits by with a pistol. Two other men in a tent seem to be receiving the message and write it down, looking jubilant. An aeroplane drops cylinders (bombs) that float to earth with parachutes. A group of men in siren suits with white armbands fold up the parachutes and take them away. They carry the heavy canisters off with some difficulty - must be explosives. A man stands watch with a rifle. Back at their camp the men unload guns and ammunition from the cylinders, as well as tins and food packages. They pass some chocolate and cigarettes around. The empty canisters are dumped in a river. Cut to shots of a town where a group of people stan
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