Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Burma
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- British Movietone News
Issue
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Burma Fighting and Chiang Kai Sheks. DESCRIPTION: British, Burmese and Indian troops have fought a dogged rear-guard action, these pictures show the re-capture of Shwegyin, a strategic point on the Sittang River. SHOTLIST: Taken from Script and Story (CARD 42220). British, Burmese and Indian troops fighting a rear-guard action. Scenes from fighting when Shwegyn was captured on the Sittang River. Our troops going through the town. Shot of General Alexander with the General who captured the town. A good CU of Alexander and a shot of a Fifth Column Burmese. Shot of Reginald Sir Dorman-Smith (Governor of Burma) with a group of people?? Chinese troops reinforcing and being inspected by Governor. Shot of a soldier holding a Chinese flag. General Shek gets out of plane followed by Madame. They walk to aerodrome. The good CUs of this pair were taken out for the ‘Chungking Story’ (negative).
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Environment; Aviation; Ceremonies; Occupied territories; Military
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 42209
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Alec Tozer
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 97
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