Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: How Habbaniyah Was Held

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
628A
Date Released
19 Jun 1941
Date submitted
Jun 1941
Date submitted
16 Jun 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Our USSR Envoy in London
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Free French Cadets Have English St Cyr
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Short Story of a Short Soldier
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mrs Roosevelt’s Own Evacuee
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Officers Cook Food, Eat and Like It
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Reinforcements for Gibraltar
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Rubber Dinghies for Life Saving
  8. 8Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Naval Postman
  9. 9Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Navy Takes a Plunge
  10. 10Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: How Habbaniyah Was Held
  11. 11Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New US Bomber
  12. 12Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Recruitment for Industry

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 12
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: How Habbaniyah Was Held. DESCRIPTION: The first pictures to be released here of the trouble in Iraq shows the damage to Habbaniyah. After the defeat of the rebels and the flight of Raschid Ali, the Regent returned to Iraq. SHOTLIST: Shots of damage done to the local cinema and church. Nazi planes in formation. Arab levies. Shots of signpost. Prisoners work to repair a dam and Captain James Roosevelt watches while shells burst in the distance. Shots of smashed lorries, graves marked by bottles and mangled bodies. Shots of the Regent, Emir Abdul Illah and boy King Feisal.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Death; Explosions; War damage; Prisoners of war; Engineering; Military; Religion and belief
Card file number
40870
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
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