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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scorched Earth

Date released

8 Jun 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

679

NoS ID

012300

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Burma Oil Wells Destroyed Toungoo and Rangoon (Scorched Earth). DESCRIPTION: Troops falling back from Rangoon, Burma are carrying out a scorched earth policy. The machinery for drawing...

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Propaganda - War of the Mind (2000 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2001 sale: £9.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at the part played by propaganda in World War II as governments struggled to gain the upper hand in the war away from the battlefield. Methods were sometimes less than subtle, or in some cases...

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Tam Dalyell on Kuwaiti oilfield fires (1991)

Genre

Interview

Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein has been operating a scorched earth policy, setting fire to Kuwait’s oilfields. Labour MP, Tam Dalyell blames the British Government for dismissing previous concerns about...

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News in a Flash

Date released

21 Feb 1955

Series name

Universal Irish News

Issue no

321

NoS ID

135788

Story no

5 / 7

Scorched earth at Tachen.

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News in a Flash

Date released

21 Feb 1955

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2567

NoS ID

154565

Story no

7 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Scorched earth at Tachen.

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Roving Camera Reports: Scorched Earth Policy in Indonesia

Date released

18 Aug 1947

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1421

NoS ID

066213

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

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Scorched Earth in Burma

Date released

8 Jun 1942

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

879

NoS ID

062807

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Battle for Singapore

Date released

26 Jan 1942

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1139

NoS ID

038124

Story no

3 / 3

Latest pictures from Far East front show:- Japanese raiders. Scorched-earth tactics. British refugees leaving Northern Malaya. Further defence supplies arriving.

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Russian Oil Wells Ablaze

Date released

10 May 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/37

NoS ID

099957

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Capture of a Caucasian oil field by the Germans turns out to be a hollow victory when the Russians adopt the scorched earth policy and set fire to the oil wells. German troops advancing across country use...

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Scorched Earth at Hungnam

Date released

1 Jan 1951

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1126

NoS ID

016851

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scorched Earth at Hungnam. DESCRIPTION: As United Nations forces prepare to evacuate the Hungnam beach-head, equipment, stores and buildings which might prove useful to the enemy. Flour...

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