Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Stiff Training for Our New Model Army

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
647
Date Released
27 Oct 1941
Date Other
Oct 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sabotage in USA
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Malaya’s Intensive War Production
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Branch for Land Army
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sportsmen Form Hg Cavalry
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Stiff Training for Our New Model Army
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Soviet Spirit Unbreakable

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stiff Training for Our New Model Army. DESCRIPTION: The Army continues its intensive training for modern warfare. SHOTLIST: Regiment: Royal Berkshires TS soldiers with fixed bayonets running across country. GV they run towards camera. GV they jump small stone wall & shell explodes in front. SV ditto. GV they run towards water trench, jump in & clamber out other side. GV they run towards barbed wire with shells going off. MS climbing through barbed wire. GV running towards camera some fall as shells explode. MS hand to hand combat one soldiers fells another and sticks bayonet in him. GV small tanks across country. GV troops in trench duck as tanks approach. GV enemy motor-cyclist approaches, rope is pulled across road, he falls from bike & soldiers jump out and take him away. GV small tank captured in similar method.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Motorcycling; Explosions; Military
Locations
Northern Ireland
Card file number
41467
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:

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