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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Canadians Practice Hand Bomb Throwing

Date released

23 Dec 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

603

NoS ID

011368

Story no

5 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canadians Bomb Throwing. DESCRIPTION: Canadian troops in Britain master the art of grenade throwing. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the Canadian Active Service Force receiving instruction...

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Waterloo Coursing Cup Won by "Hand Grenade"

Date released

24 Feb 1936

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

225

NoS ID

054272

Story no

3 / 15

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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BEF Billets Spring to Life in France

Date released

6 Nov 1939

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

609

NoS ID

059653

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Including Flanagan and Allen with a hand grenade.

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War In The Trenches

Date released

6 Sep 1915

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

465

NoS ID

075995

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

NoS synopsis: Different types of French hand grenade, bomb and demonstration.

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Firing Trench Bombs

Date released

31 Jan 1917

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

284-1

NoS ID

125963

Story no

1 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "This type of bomb is fired from a rifle and has a far more effective range than the hand thrown grenade." Men in trenches (Royal Irish regiment) loading rifle grenades and firing.

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Drama in Still Life

Date released

31 May 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/43

NoS ID

099978

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Australians in New Guinea routed out Japanese from a dug-out, four of whom dashed into the sea. Three of them were picked off, and the remaining one in the sea is ordered ashore. In a series of still...

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Movietone News & Sports Pageant by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Japanese Occupy Suchow

Date released

16 Jun 1938

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

471A

NoS ID

008902

Story no

4 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sino-Japanese War the Defence of Suchow. SHOTLIST: The Chinese defenders progress down streets under cover of hand-grenade fire. Trains are loaded and the populations scattered when...

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Toy Town

Date released

6 Feb 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1966

NoS ID

026758

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Toy Town. DESCRIPTION: The British Toy Fair at Brighton is enough to make any adult regret he grew up. This annual display of toys shows a fantastic range of play things, with realism...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Order of the Day on the Eastern Front

Date released

17 Jul 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

789

NoS ID

013164

Story no

3 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Order of the Day on the Eastern Front. DESCRIPTION: The liberation of one Soviet town after another is now being accomplished. Tarnapol, a strong German position to the east of Lvov,...

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Colour Item: Vietnam - Hope on the Horizon

Date released

29 May 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2086A

NoS ID

027872

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: In Colour Vietnam - Hope on the Horizon. DESCRIPTION: An impression IN COLOUR of the third most costly war in American history, at a time when peace seems closer than ever before. Will...

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