Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bardia Captured
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bardia Captured. DESCRIPTION: British tanks moved through a smoke-screen at the beginning of the offensive. Germans were captured on the Tobruk-Bardia road and then came the surrender of the town of Bardia. The German commander General Schmitt came out to surrender unconditionally to General de Villiers. SHOTLIST: Tanks move forward through a smoke screen. Germans are captured. A white flag on a gun intimates surrender and General Schmitt and two Italian generals surrender to General de Villiers. Prisoners are taken and marched away, headed by a Bren carrier and two dogs past a blazing oil dump. British prisoners who were released dance to a gramophone and there is a general view of the shattered town.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Fires; War damage; Prisoners of war; Animals; Military
- Footage sources
- Rota
War Office
- Card file number
- 41843
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 153
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