Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Some of Britain’s Land Battle Fleet Practice

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
604A
Date Released
2 Jan 1941
Date submitted
19 Dec 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: City Fire Raid
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Home Fleet’s New C-In-C Takes Over
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: German Life Raft for Shot-Down Nazi Airmen
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Some of Britain’s Land Battle Fleet Practice
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Greece Celebrates Capture of Koritza
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fall of Sidi Barrani (First Pictures)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sortie: Tank Training. DESCRIPTION: Tanks on manoeuvres in Britain. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the turret (which moves as a tank would move) in which the men are taught to aim at a landscape on which an imaginary "Enemy" is placed. Shots outside when the tanks go on a mass manoeuvre. Good shot of tanks but moving slowing.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Military
Footage sources
Rota
Card file number
40180
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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