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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Gallant Addition to Navy’s Might

Date released

7 Oct 1940

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

592

NoS ID

011190

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aircraft Carrier in Commission. DESCRIPTION: The new aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious goes into service with the Royal Navy. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the vessel. Aboard a religious...

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Princess Names Latest Carrier

Date released

25 Mar 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1572

NoS ID

039949

Story no

4 / 5

Princess Elizabeth launches world’s largest aircraft carrier.

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Military Aid to Europe: US Ships Planes to France

Date released

16 Mar 1950

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1987

NoS ID

042253

Story no

7 / 9

Carrier-borne fighter planes are loaded on to French aircraft carrier as first consignment of American military aid.

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Control of the Pacific

Date released

29 Jun 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

786A

NoS ID

013150

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Control of the Pacific. DESCRIPTION: The war in the Pacific is mainly between planes and ships, it is in this theatre of war that the aircraft carrier has been most important. SHOTLIST:...

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MacArthur Returns to the Philippines

Date released

13 Nov 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/91

NoS ID

100541

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

All-out attack by carrier-based aircraft on Jap shipping off Mindanao and Luzon. Aerial shots of Jap ships being straffed and set ablaze. Naval barrage into the Philippines from off-shore American ships....

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Big News in the Air

Date released

29 Mar 1954

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2408

NoS ID

044916

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Automatic landing aid is tested on aircraft-carrier. London Airport Comet takes off for Johannesburg after these aircraft have been grounded ten weeks.

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US Naval Disaster

Date released

31 May 1954

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1304

NoS ID

019245

Story no

1 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Us Naval Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The worst disaster of American peace-time Naval history, when an explosion rocked the aircraft-carrier Bennington. Ninety-one seamen lost their lives and...

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Saved From The Sea

Date released

11 Jul 1929

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1910

NoS ID

384723

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: The Spanish aviators who were rescued by H.M. Aircraft-carrier "Eagle" - had to be rescued again from the crowds in Berlin.

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Aircraft Carrier

Date released

8 May 1930

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

420

NoS ID

050558

Story no

6 / 7

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US Bombers Smash Jap Bases in the Pacific

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

X002A

NoS ID

156547

Shots of the attack on the Gilbert Islands. Planes attack Japanese installations off the coast of Tarawa. Planes return to aircraft carrier. Traditional ceremonies on board as the carrier crosses the Equator.

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