Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Offensive in South Pacific
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Capture of the Solomons. DESCRIPTION: New pictures of the American attack on the Solomon Islands. SHOTLIST: MS Merchant ship at sea. Shot of ships ploughing their way through very heavy seas, this causing a mist. CU of shells going into breech of gun. Big guns of cruiser firing broadside. LS guns firing. AA guns & Pom-poms firing. Small craft off island LS not very clear. Australian cruiser which has been hit still firing her guns LS. Shot of sea, with a plane high up in the skies. Destroyer just off shore. General view of island showing damaged camps. Many Japs lying about dead. CU Heap of dead Japs. Aerial shot of aerodrome which marines have captured. Jap prisoners lined up, barbed wire in foreground. Pan shot of captured equipment. LS Showing island with smoke still rising caused through damage inflicted by the marines. Ditto shot from beach.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Weather; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Death; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Gaumont
- Card file number
- 42920
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 120
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