The Review of the Year 1940 - Commentary by Leslie Mitchell

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
603A
Date Released
26 Dec 1940
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Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year 1940. DESCRIPTION: RETROSPECT ON 1940 - A look back at the year which saw the invasion of the Low Countries and the evacuation at Dunkirk. The bombing of London and other major cities and the Battle of Britain. SHOTLIST: CU Still of King George VI - King & Queen inspect bomb damage at Buckingham Palace - Their Majesties on bomb damage site - ARP rehearsal - Fireman - Maginot Line - Nazi soldiers in Denmark - Norway & withdrawal - Mr Chamberlain on doorstep of No 10 - Mrs Chamberlain at husband’s funeral - Prince Bernhard with Dutch Troops - Queen Wilhelmina arrive in Britain - British soldiers moving into Belgium - Dunkirk - French Government Minister - Interior Parliament at Vichy - General de Gaulle in London - Home Guard - Troops on beach defences - Convoy bombed in Channel - Nazi bombers overhead - Spitfires & Hurricanes - RAF pilots & Battle of Britain - Bomb damage in London - K&Q surrounded by crowd - Coventry - British bombers - Aircraft construction - CU Lord Beaverbrook - CU - President Roosevelt - US Destroyers given to Britain - Shots of fleet - French fleet sunk at Oran - CU Mussolini - Greece - CU Admiral Cunningham - Taranto - Western Desert - Minesweeping - Convoys - Graf Spee - Altmark - CU Nelson on column - CUs Winston Churchill. Good CU of Roosevelt, Nelson’s Column (opticals). Good CU Churchill, Admiral Cunningham (Famous smile), Beaverbrook. King George VI in Naval uniform. GS of Bren carriers over desert, into camera - tracks etc. REVIEW OF THE YEAR TAPE - BMN 352 TIMECODE IN: 02:36:35:00 OUT: 02:45:51:19
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Economics; Aviation; Business and commerce; Fires; Death; Industry and manufacture; War damage; Civil defence; Occupied territories; Evacuees; Navy; Exile; Military; Funerals
Card file number
36259
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
560
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