Learning on ScreenMovietone’s Wartime News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Clearing of Buna
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s Wartime News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Clearing Buna. DESCRIPTION: In the Pacific the Australians have found that the mopping up of Japanese in the Buna area takes a lot of doing. Remnants of the enemy forces are hiding in camouflaged, fortified jungle positions and it takes a lot to finish them off. SHOTLIST: Cut story - British Patrol through jungle, passing others seated at wayside. Pan of the above, soldier cleaning Bren Carrier, also another working on tank. Tank ploughing its way through the jungle, pan of jungle, various angle shots of tank making its way through jungle. Soldiers walking-crawling along through undergrowth, throws hands grenade, officer directing fire of rifle fired by soldier. Planes passing over head. CU breech of coastal camouflaged guns, firing same, hits on beach, GS of beach with jungle fore, also GS of coast from sea, with explosions occasionally.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Military
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
- Card file number
- 43567
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 151
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