Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Baedeker Blitzes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
674
Date Released
4 May 1942
Date submitted
30 Apr 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: American Women’s "Austerity" Parades
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Baedeker Blitzes
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia Welcomes General Macarthur
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: America Launches Two-A-Day
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Parachute Test from Low Altitude
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Task Troops in Training
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Offensive

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Raid Damage at Norwich. DESCRIPTION: Bath and Norwich suffer from the German air blitz. SHOTLIST: 1. Good view Norwich City Corporation Yard totally destroyed by fire. 2. NFS still at work after many hours. 3. Smouldering ruins on another building near Colmans. 4. NFS recover valuable papers. 5. Woman leaving bombed house with all she could save. 6. City station now roofless, fire gutted coaches, etc. 7. Direct hit on hospital. Good view followed by two other shots. 8. Car in bomb crater- driver was killed. 9. Emergency water supplies. 10. Residential areas badly hit - demolished houses. 11. US Navy officers view damage. 12. Sailor comes home for leave and has to take charge of own house repairs. 13. People rendered homeless. 14. More demolished houses - bomb crater in road centre (cuts). 15. Rescue squads search for missing. 16. More demolished houses. Air Raid Damage At Bath - CARD 42225 General views of the extensive damage done to property etc., during the recent air raid.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Railways; Displaced persons; War damage; Civil defence; Censorship; Navy; Military
Card file number
42243
Credits:
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Richard Harris
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
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