Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Burma Communications

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
671
Date Released
12 Apr 1942
Date submitted
9 Apr 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Curtin Opens War Loan Drive
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Premier’s Brick
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British Corvette for Free Belgians
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Arab Prince Visits Middle East
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: General Auchinleck Greets Heroic Indian Brigade
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Burma Communications

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Burma Communications (Ynnan-Burma Railway). DESCRIPTION: Traffic on the Burma Road has been moving in both directions. Lease Lend material moving into China and troops from Yunnan going into Burma. The building of a railway to relieve congestion has begun, under the direction of an American Engineer. SHOTLIST: Chinese troops coming from Yunnan Province along the Burma Road. Supplies and traffic using the Burma Road. Chinese reinforcements entering the North. Work on the railway and also shots of Mr Teeng Yang-Fu, Director General of the railway and the American Engineering Advisor. River banks sprayed with arsenic dust to avoid the mosquitoes and quinine is distributed, one child evidently does not intend to take it.
Keywords
Vehicles; Health and medicine; Children; Environment; Weapons; Railways; Occupied territories; Engineering; Military
Footage sources
British Paramount
Rota
Card file number
42148
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
193
Story extras:
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