# Castle Films British Commandos Strike Vaagso & Maaloy

FDR Presidential Library Video 228 Castle Films British Commandos Strike Vaagso & Maaloy Castle Films News Parade 1941 CR 71-8:77 CR 71-8:78 British Commandos Strike Vaagso and Maaloy British Commandos strike the Norway Islands of Vaagso and Maaloy on December 27, 1941. This footage was shot under fire. The purpose was to take the pressure off the Russians by causing the Nazis to divert their strength to Norway.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1941
- By: FDR Presidential Library
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.fdr.228)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.