News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wings of War over Chungking

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
533A
Date Released
24 Aug 1939
Date submitted
Aug 1939
Date submitted
22 Aug 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wings of War over Chungking
  2. 2News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wings of Peace over New York
  3. 3News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Learning to Sky Leap
  4. 4News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Zoo Play-Time
  5. 5News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Peanut Harvest
  6. 6News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Water Skiing by Experts
  7. 7News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ulster Grand Prix
  8. 8News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cobb’s New Record
  9. 9News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ribbentrop for Moscow
  10. 10News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cabinet Considers New Situation
  11. 11News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Earl Baldwin on Democracy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 11
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bombing of Chungking. DESCRIPTION: The war capital of China is bombed by the Japanese. SHOTLIST: Chungking, the war capital of China is bombed furiously by the Japanese, and the city is in flames, and a scene of utter ruin. Scenes show French Church completely wrecked and bombed. Night shots fires burning. Plane falls to the earth in flames. No shots of the actual bombing in the above.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Aviation; Fires; War damage; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
37301
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
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