Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: America’s Abundant Aid
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: America’s Abundant Aid. DESCRIPTION: Convoys continue to cross the Atlantic with Lease-Lend material. Ammunition and tanks are among the items being unloaded at British docks. SHOTLIST: Ships are unloaded and shells and Tommy guns sent to an underground magazine. Here the guns are assembled. Tanks are run from the docks to the testing grounds and 25 pounders are tested for recoil in the ordnance sheds. Guns and searchlights are driven away down the roads. Bombs are also in the shipment. Planes being unloaded (Havocs). Also shot of a convoy.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Foreign aid; Military
- Footage sources
- Rota
- Card file number
- 41388
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 200
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