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The Red Ball Express : McCord's Sacrifice

The Red Ball Express stops as the road ahead is riddled with mines. As the Lieutenant (Jeff Chandler) prepares to cross first, Private McCord (Davis Roberts) makes the ultimate sacrifice.

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beat, action, beat, emotion, close-up, dissolve, editing, establishing shot, extreme long shot, high angle, long shot, low angle, medium long shot, medium shot, overhead shot, pan, reaction shot, special effects, tracking shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, White: White American

"McCord's Sacrifice" in The Red Ball Express. Directed by Budd Boetticher, Universal International Pictures, 1952, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2647

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