Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tanks to Destroy the "Panzers"

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
649A
Date Released
13 Nov 1941
Date submitted
10 Nov 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tour of the Old War Horse
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Plain Tales from the Middle East
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tanks to Destroy the "Panzers"
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A Day for the Lord Mayor
  5. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Home Guards Parade

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tank and Anti-Tank Exercises. DESCRIPTION: We need more tanks to help defeat the German Panzer Divisions. SHOTLIST: The tanks (either Covenanters or Churchills) advance. Irish Guardsmen destroy them and guns blaze away at others. Various shots of the tanks advancing including a shot which includes more tanks than we have ever seen in a British picture.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weapons; Military
Footage sources
Gaumont
War Office
Card file number
41559
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
Film clip

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