Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia Aids Coastal Watch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
601
Date Released
9 Dec 1940
Date submitted
5 Dec 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fighter Station Marks Its 600th Victim
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Our Destroyers Were in Action
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia Aids Coastal Watch
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: NZ Forestry Unit in England
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Army Medical Service Realistic Rehearsal
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Colours and Christmas Tree for Czech Troops

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: With the Coastal Command: the Australian Flying Boat Squadron. DESCRIPTION: At a British Coastal Station crews of an Australian Flying Boat Squadron report for operation orders. We fly with them on a patrol in their huge Sunderland Flying Boat, along some of Britain’s Atlantic coastline. SHOTLIST: The pilots receive their instructions and the huge Sunderland Flying Boats are prepared for the flight. The take off and a Movietone cameraman goes on patrol with the airmen. Every ship is carefully inspected including a submarine and a freighter. Destroyers also inspect the sub. which proves to be British. Various shots of the interior of the plane and the crew. (These will probably come in very useful at some time or other). They land and the pilot reports while the crew tell their palls all about it.
Keywords
Mass media; Ships and boats; Aviation; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Australia House
Card file number
40091
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
227
Story extras:
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