Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: US Skipper Beats Norway Invaders

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
570A
Date Released
9 May 1940
Date submitted
6 May 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: US Skipper Beats Norway Invaders
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Girls, Sea and Sunshine Are America’s Lot
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Poland’s National Day Celebrated in London
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Cypriot Transport Serves with BEF
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Preparedness Parade by Egyptian Troops
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Rhodesian Contingent in Middle East
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Nwef Back Home with Tails Up
  8. 8Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Bombardment of Namsos

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moore-McCormack [sic] Arrives in New York. DESCRIPTION: Safely home in New York is the freighter "Mormacsea" which was caught in Trondheim by the Nazi invasion of Norway. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the freighter arriving. Captain WA McHale recounts his experiences. It was the "Mormacsea" which has caught in the middle of the German invasion of Norway. She was in Trondheim and carried a cargo of Swedish gold.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
38895
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
44
Story extras:
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