Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Left Behind
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
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:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 91
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