Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Russia’s "Tobruk" - Sevastopol
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sevastopol - Russia’s Tobruk. DESCRIPTION: Sevastopol has held out for six months against the German army. Unable to take the city they have bombed the surrounding Crimean villages. SHOTLIST: Under the statues of the men who defended the town from the British and French, men of the Russian forces stand guard. Reinforcements and men from the Black Sea Fleet are landed and march away singing. Artillery fires and dive-bombers crash their bombs onto villages. Shots of the wreckage and Red planes counter attacking. Naval gunners are in the trenches and a mounted Marine brings the order "Advance". Shots of dead enemy soldiers.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Weapons; Aviation; Death; War damage; Navy; Military
- Locations
- Crimea
- Footage sources
- Ministry of Information
- Card file number
- 42154
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 149
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