Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Through German Eyes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

727

Date Released

10 May 1943

Date submitted

27 Apr 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Back to Winter Sports
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mediterranean Miscellany
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Through German Eyes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Through German Eyes. DESCRIPTION: More captured German newsreel of the advance on the Russian front. The Germans were trying to capture oil wells in the Caucasus but arrived to find that the Russians had fired them. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of German troops (flame throwers) in action, on countryside. Also Germans throwing hand grenades. Various shots of street fighting. Stuka dive bombing several following one and other down. Stuka diving & bomb leaving plane, camera follows bomb down, & hit registered. Big guns firing (large artillery). Various shots of burning oil wells (Caucasus) also pan of same. The above is with sound. Dense smoke.

Keywords

Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Industry and manufacture; Explosions; War damage; Propaganda; Military; Newsreels

Footage sources

United States of America
Movietone

Card file number

43621

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

111

Story extras:

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