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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mulberry Harbour

Date released

26 Oct 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

803A

NoS ID

013260

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mulberry Harbours. DESCRIPTION: The problem of landing reinforcements and supplies for the Second Front was solved by huge pre-fabricated harbours. The caissons which made up the...

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Wreck Detectives (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 376 minutes), £19.99

This series of 8 programmes investigates some of the most intriguing shipwrecks that lie off the coast of Britain. Using marine archaeology, oceanography, historical research and the latest technology, the...

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D-Day commemorations in Normandy (1994)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Simon Israel reports from the D-Day 50th anniversary commemorations at the Normandy war cemetery site of Bayeaux where D-Day veteran George Kenny discusses the emotion of the site, and the average age of a...

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D-Day Remembered: Documentary with reminiscences of wartime (1984)

D-DAY REMEMBERED [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A documentary, broadcast on Radio Victory, 6 June 1984, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War Two, using the...

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The Invasion of France

Date released

26 Jun 1944

Series name

War Pictorial News

Issue no

164

NoS ID

156305

Story no

2 / 2

Two leaders, Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory and General Spaatz, hold last minute discussions. Entering landing craft. Rocket-dealing Allied aircraft bombard coast, prior to landings. Air bombardment....

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Longest Day

Date released

12 Jun 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2088A

NoS ID

027888

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Longest Day. DESCRIPTION: As well as the ceremonies that took place all along the Channel coast of France, the D-Day landings are recalled most vividly through Movietone’s archives....

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The Fall of Cherbourg

Date released

3 Jul 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/53

NoS ID

100418

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Local labour is put to work by American troops on repairing marshalling yard which was heavily bombed by the allied air force during occupation. In the town of Valognes, buildings which have not been...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Liberating Armies Invade Normandy

Date released

12 Jun 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

784

NoS ID

013140

Story no

1 / 1

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Liberating Armies Invade Normandy. DESCRIPTION: D-Day landings of the Allied Forces on the Normandy Coast. A great armada crossed the Channel carrying forces of the United Nations, with...

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Korea

Date released

28 Aug 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1108

NoS ID

016623

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Korea - Air Blitz Checks Reds. DESCRIPTION: AIR BLITZ CHECKS REDS - Air power is beginning to exert its full influence in Korea. With a Superfortress raid goes a cameraman,...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Steady Progress on the Second Front

Date released

10 Jul 1944

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

788

NoS ID

013158

Story no

2 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steady Progress on Second Front. DESCRIPTION: New despatches from Normandy show the reduction of Fort Central at Cherbourg. The Germans had already put the port out of action, the city...

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