Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Jail-Ship Terror Ended
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cossack Arrives. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Navy pulls off a daring raid to rescue seamen from the German prison ship ‘Altmark’. The destroyer ‘Cossack’ chased the ‘Altmark’ into a Norwegian fjord and after dark a boarding party released the British prisoners. SHOTLIST: The destroyer "Cossack" steams into a Northern port bringing back prisoners rescued from the "Altmark", German prison ship. (As they come ashore, they are greeted by Mr John Colville. Various scenes.) - Section missing.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Ships and boats; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 38351
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 155
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