Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air Blitz on Rommel

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
700A
Date Released
5 Nov 1942
Date submitted
2 Nov 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Save Kitchen Scraps
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Canterbury - US Visitor and Reprisal Raid
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Chinese Army Trains for Attack
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Peaceful Penetration (Meets Slight Resistance)
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air Blitz on Rommel
  6. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scottish Edition: Scotland Welcomes American Guests
  7. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scottish Edition: King Haakon in Scotland
  8. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scottish Edition: Distinguished Visits at "US" Sports Day

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bostons & Baltimores Over Cairo. DESCRIPTION: The USAAF and the RAF continue to attack and strafe [sic] Rommel’s positions to aid the advancing Eighth Army. SHOTLIST: Pan of Americans erecting tents. Americans erecting ‘pup’ tent. Americans building field kitchen. Americans jumping from trucks on arrival at site. Yanks laying out aerodrome boundary. Americans enter picture, remove helmets & wash in them, others unload stores from truck. Bombs being loaded on trailer. B25 taxies to take off. B25 taxiing out. Mass take off of B25 & Bostons, various angle shots of same, including elevated. Various aerial formations, from all angles. Observer plotting course; CU pilot & co-pilot. B25 in flight prior to bombing. B25 Flight bomb doors open. CU Bomb releaser being pulled. Bombs falling, bombs on target, showing bursts. Bombadier, instrument in hand is an intercom mike switch. Aerial shot of formation returning. Fighter escorted Bostons & Baltimores. Fighters over Delta approaching Cairo. Fighters crossing Nile. Fighters over outskirts of Cairo. Fighters over desert. From ground - Fighter escorted Bostons & Baltimores over Alexandria. In flight over harbour. Aerial shot of mass take off, extremely good photography. Majority of flight are very good. Not able to recognise fighters, believe they were Spitfires, but weren’t very good shots.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; War damage; Military
Locations
Egypt; Cairo; River Nile
Footage sources
Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
Card file number
43036
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
180
Story extras:
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