Warwork News. No 50

Synopsis

'Warwork News’ was a series of short newsreels produced during World War 2 for distribution in British factories. ‘Churchill visits the front’: a report from Normandy which emphasises the great victory won by the Allies on the beaches. Shows the construction of temporary airfields; visits by Churchill, Montgomery, Eisenhower and Marshall; German footage of the ‘impregnable’ Atlantic wall used to stress the achievement of the troops; camera gun footage of air attacks on enemy supply trains and trucks; German prisoners being taken back across the Channel. It is interesting to compare the editing style and the use of actuality footage employed in this film with the methods employed by the Germans in their D-Day newsreel which, of course, suggests a totally different outcome.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 9 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1944

Availability

Special loan only

Subjects

History

Keywords

newsreel films; Warwork News; World War II

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

Imperial War Museum

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5299

Address

Department of Film
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ

Notes

Address for video sales: Duxford, Cambridgeshire CB2 4QR