Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Left Behind

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

702

Date Released

16 Nov 1942

Date submitted

12 Nov 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Thanksgiving Bells
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The End of the Beginning ... Mr Churchill
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Left Behind
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: North African Occupation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Left Behind - Prisoners. DESCRIPTION: Thousands of German and Italian prisoners captured in the Battle of Egypt. SHOTLIST: Cut Story - Pan shot of German Prisoners, also Italian Prisoners being brought in. GS of Italian feet, their hats being thrown in a heap. One of our soldiers searching them, others dressing their wounds. Cuts - Italian prisoners marching in, background tanks, bren carriers, etc. Italian prisoners following one of our trucks. GS shots of prisoners. Prisoners marching out of camera. Pan of battlefield showing wreckage; prisoners coming into camera over ridge. CU Prisoner having his shirt cut off him, to enable his wound to be dressed. Soldiers cleaning artillery (pull through) CU of soldiers hands. GS burning lorries & CU other burning equipment. British Highland Division 51st marching single file to front line. Operator in tent working at switch board of telephones. CU switchboard. Tanks stationary firing guns, turrets traversing; night shots of artillery firing; Sherman tank into camera. GS Dawn shot of Shermans & battlefield. Convoy of lorries on move; prisoners being searched, one is marched off under escort. GS Wrecked tank Mark IV.

Keywords

Vehicles; Health and medicine; Weapons; Fires; Communications; War damage; Prisoners of war; Military

Footage sources

Army Film Unit

Card file number

43076

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

91

Story extras:

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