(6 Jun 2024)
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Sannerville, France – 5 June 2024
1. Tracking of plane as paratroopers jump; tracking shot of paratroopers
2. Wide of paratroopers descending ++OVERLAID SOUNDBITE SHOT 4++
3. Close of paratrooper landing in drop zone
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lance Corporal Addy Carter, the first female soldier to qualify as a paratrooper:
“Yeah, back in school you know, you study the war and everything. So I obviously had that knowledge before. And then obviously being in the military, you know, that’s kind of enforced, you know, knowing your historical knowledge, and all that. So coming in, knowing what they did back in the day and being able to be a part of that, you know, it’s just I feel so honored to be able to be here today.”
++PARTIALLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 2-4++
5. Mid of paratrooper on ground after jump; pulls out to show wide of parachutist with parachute and spectators
6. Mid of spectators with flags
7. Wide of paratrooper after jump
STORYLINE:
More than 300 paratroopers from the UK, Belgium and the United States parachuted into a historic D-Day drop zone Wednesday to recreate the airborne liberation of Normandy 80 years ago.
In June 1944, the fields near Sannerville, France had been designated “Drop Zone K.”
The historic significance of the drop zone wasn’t lost on Lance Corporal Addy Carter, 22, from Colchester, England, who made history herself by being the first female soldier to qualify as a paratrooper.
“Coming in, knowing what they did back in the day and being able to be a part of that, you know, it’s just, I feel so honored to be able to be here today,” she said.
In 1944, allied airborne forces landed first on D-Day to secure roads, bridges and other strategic points inland of the invasion beaches and destroy gun emplacements that raked the sands and ships with deadly fire.
AP Video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic
Production by Theodora Tongas
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