Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Taranto is the Target

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

734

Date Released

28 Jun 1943

Date submitted

17 Jun 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: World Problem - Coal
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Taranto is the Target
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The King Visits North African Doughboys
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Heroes All
5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of the Ruhr
6. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer - "Berries"

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taranto Is the Target. DESCRIPTION: Continuing the heavy bombing of Sicily, Sardinia and Italy, "Liberators" of the 9th United States Army Air Force recently went for Taranto. Movietone’s cameraman, Norman Fisher, went on the raid and brought back these pictures. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Ground crews working on Libs, bombing up & giving them their last look over. MS of engines starting. Aerial shot of formation Liberators (LS). Aerial shots crossing African coastline & over the Italian coast line, aerial shot of Taranto, clouds below planes, basket of bombs falling, LS. Aerial of bombs hitting targets, which included a fuel dump, black smoke rising. LS of Liberator in flight. In the beginning of this story you see Yankees loading bombs onto trains, shot of bombs into camera, to CU. Inscription on fuselage.

Keywords

Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Military

Footage sources

Harrow

Card file number

43789

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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