Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ships and Wings in Mediterranean
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ships and Wings in Mediterranean. DESCRIPTION: From Gibraltar to Alexandria the Royal Navy is now supreme in the Mediterranean. The aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm continue to attack the Italian navy. SHOTLIST: Shots of Gib. and on the rock we find the C-in-C General Sir Clive Liddell. Shots of the Fleet which included "Ark Royal". Aboard her Fairey "Fulmars" take off. A convoy is picked up and escorted. Back on "Ark Royal" "Swordfish" are "torpedo-ed" and "Skuas" bombed-up - take off. They chase the Wops and defeat them in the Battle of Sardinia - the enemy steaming full speed (not in picture). "Ark Royal" is bombed - excellent scenes. Planes returns.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Navy; Military
- Card file number
- 40238
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David Prosser
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 197
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