Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: USSR - in Music and Montage Devised by Charles Ridley

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
739A
Date Released
5 Aug 1943
Date submitted
3 Aug 1943
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: USSR - in Music and Montage Devised by Charles Ridley
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer - "The Model Sorter"

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Salute to Russia. DESCRIPTION: History has seen the rise of many great nations (today which is the history of tomorrow) we in our lifetime witness the rise of a great nation to its full tremendous stature. National greatness is not entirely a matter of power. Culture is also important. Soviet music, Soviet art, have already taken place among the enduring things of culture. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Russians walking through exhibition of paintings of Stalingrad etc. Russians digging trenches, troops on the march, also Cavalry on the move. Bombers taking off, bombs falling. Women & NFS also painting on them. GS of Russian women nurses inspected, boarding plane, they are to be dropped in fighting line, various shots jumping from planes. Descending. Firing artillery & explosions from hits. Fires raging, more bombers & bombs falling. Various shots of street fighting, dead lying about. Russians put before firing squad. Pan of them after shooting. Ruins of various cities. (Bust of Lenin & paintings. There were several mixes in this).
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Health and medicine; Aviation; Arts and crafts; Death; Ceremonies; War damage; Civil defence; Crime; Military; Exhibitions and shows
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
43902
Credits:
Editor
Charles A. Ridley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
449
Story extras:
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