Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Versatile Wellingtons
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Versatile Wellingtons. DESCRIPTION: The famous bomber is now being used for laying mines, here we see it dropping mines in the sea lanes off Tunisia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GS aerodrome showing Wellingtons with torpedoes scattered about. CU undercarriage of plane, showing mine being hoisted into plane under fuselage, bomb doors closing. RAF personnel attaching fuse to mine. Several shots of planes over sea dropping mines. Torpedoes across aerodrome to planes. CU Torpedo into position and doors closing. RAF Officer giving orders to Indian (Sikh) pilot. CU engine turning - CU pilot in cockpit. Wellington takes off, over sea, torpedoes dropped. Wellingtons flying into camera. CU torpedo tail.
- Keywords
- Ethnic groups; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Military
- Footage sources
- Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
- Card file number
- 43415
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 88
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