Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Zealand’s Flying VC
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 9 / 9
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Zealand Air VC. DESCRIPTION: Sergeant Ward won his VC for climbing out onto the wing of a Wellington bombers at 13,000 feet to extinguish a fire. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the group of airmen. Squadron Leader Widdowson who got the DFC and Sergeant Box who got the DFM and Sergeant Ward gives an interview. The story ends with Wellingtons in the air.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Ceremonies; Military; Awards and honours
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 41136
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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