Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: War Extension Fails to Stop Lease-Lend Aid
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Assembling US Planes. DESCRIPTION: The Lease-lend Aid continues despite America’s entry into the war. Recently more American aircraft arrived to strengthen the RAF. SHOTLIST: The factories are working full time assembling the machines. Various scenes. Outside are drawn up: 1. a Boeing B17C Flying fortress (with a Fairchild 41 under one wings and a Curtiss Mohawk under the other). 2. Douglas DB7b known as Boston III or intruder and also, when equipped as a fighter, as the "Havoc". 3. Glenn Martin "Baltimore" 4. Vought Sikorsky "Chesapeake". 5. Stinson 49 6. Pitcairn Auto-gyro. 7. Fairchild 41 - cuts only 8. Curtiss Mohawk - cuts only.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Industry and manufacture
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 41692
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 67
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