Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pearl Harbour (Movietone Pictures)

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

663A

Date Released

19 Feb 1942

Date submitted

16 Feb 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The ‘Normandie’ Ablaze
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pearl Harbour (Movietone Pictures)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pearl Harbour - First Pictures. DESCRIPTION: First film of the havoc inflicted on that fateful Sunday DECEMBER 7TH 1941. SHOTLIST: Shots of burning hangars and the Battleship "Arizona" on fire. The aftermath - planes including a "Catalina" lie wrecked and the "Utah" is upside down. The "Arizona" is partially submerged and completely wrecked while the "Oklahoma" is on its side. The Destroyers "Downes" and "Cassin" are badly damaged. A Cruiser steams out past the blazing "Arizona". The story ends with library shots of the US fleet at sea, and in rough weather - one of the ships is the "North Carolina".

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Environment; Aviation; Fires; War damage; Navy; Military

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

41937

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

347

Story extras:

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