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Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: American Red Cross Ambulance Hit

Date released

23 May 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

572A

NoS ID

010865

Story no

9 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Ambulances Under Fire. DESCRIPTION: US ambulance was hit on the Western Front. SHOTLIST: In Paris are ambulances given by the American Red Cross which have been damaged by Nazi...

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Bodies of US servicemen returned from Iran (1980)

Genre

News report

Report on the return of the bodies of eight US servicemen from Iran. Greek archbishop Hilarion Capucci, who negotiated their return, accompanied the nine coffins. The International Committee of the Red Cross...

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Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: Red Crosses Removed from Ambulances

Date released

6 Jun 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

574A

NoS ID

010893

Story no

4 / 10

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Red Crosses Removed. DESCRIPTION: At an American Ambulance Station in France they are painting out the Red Crosses, to stop the Nazi airmen using them as targets. SHOTLIST: Various...

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A Gift from American Artists

Date released

2 Sep 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/71

NoS ID

098220

Story no

6 / 9

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Sarah Churchill and Vic Oliver present ambulance to Red Cross which has been presented by American stage and screen artists.

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London. Dr Page Opens American Red Cross Hospital, No 24, for British Officers

Date released

25 Mar 1918

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

472A

NoS ID

080945

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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The Quality of Mercy

Date released

29 Jan 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/9

NoS ID

100617

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Street scenes in Athens showing shoe-shine boy at work, barbed wire entanglements, trams being towed by army lorries, houses bombed during ELAS troubles, refugees collecting their belongings from damaged...

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Presents for Home

Date released

11 Nov 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/90

NoS ID

100166

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Red Cross helpers in the American Forces Club (Rainbow Corner) Piccadilly, help pack soldiers’ parcels which are being sent home to relatives for Christmas.

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War Havens for Babies

Date released

17 Feb 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/14

NoS ID

098588

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Children under fire are evacuated by the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) to the country homes maintained by the Junior American Red Cross.

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Baseball in London

Date released

6 Aug 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/63

NoS ID

099572

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

At Wembley Mrs Churchill meets American and Canadian baseball teams who are to play a charity match for the Red Cross.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: French Battle for Colmar

Date released

5 Feb 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

818

NoS ID

013365

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Battle for Colmar. DESCRIPTION: A despatch from Movietone’s cameraman, George Mejat, shows Frenchmen in American uniforms attacking the village of Wittenheim. Near Kingersheim,...

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