Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: First Pictures of the Lowlands Invasion

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
571A
Date Released
16 May 1940
Date submitted
11 May 1940
Date submitted
16 May 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: New War Cabinet
  2. 2Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Dutch Royal Family Come to England
  3. 3Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: First Pictures of the Lowlands Invasion
  4. 4Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Camera’s Second Reports from Belgium: French Troops Move Up
  5. 5Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Camera’s Second Reports from Belgium: The BEF - Back to Belgium
  6. 6Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Camera’s Second Reports from Belgium: Pitiable Stream of Refugees Goes On
  7. *Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Glasgow - 2,000 "Specials" on Parade

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lowlands Invasion. DESCRIPTION: Belgians fleeing their country arrive in Paris. Brussels sustained a merciless attack with incendiary bombs causing many fires. SHOTLIST: CU Newspaper. 4 shots mass of Belgians on Paris Station platform & boarding train. CU small flags. GV train pulls out of Station with people leaning from windows (x3). 4 shots of burning bombed building in Brussels with firemen & hoses. GV bombed house in a terrace. LS Burning building. GV Burning petrol store. CUs burning building (x2). 3 shots Allied motor cycle soldiers through streets. GV army lorries through streets (x2). War Scenes In France, Belgium and Luxembourg Various shots of the appalling havoc caused by Nazi planes. A church is in ruins. People try to remove some of their belongings and firemen are active trying to extinguish the blazes. Not far away is the wreck of a Nazi plane.
Keywords
Mass media; Vehicles; Aviation; Railways; Fires; Communications; War damage; Propaganda; Military
Locations
France; Belgium; Luxembourg
Footage sources
France
Card file number
38999
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
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