Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Italian Fleet Reach Alexandria
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italian Fleet Reaches Alexandria. DESCRIPTION: The Italian Fleet has arrived in Alexandria escorted by a powerful contingent of the Royal Navy. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Few shots LS of Italian Fleet under way. (Library Material - Walrus just after it has left the catapult, flying out of camera). Aerial shots of Italian fleet in company with ‘King George V’. Aerial of ‘Italia’ & ‘Vittorio Veneto’. Shot of four Italian cruisers. At Alexandria, several CUs of ‘Italia’ & ‘Vittorio Veneto’. Pan round ‘Vittorio Veneto’. AFU material - GS of Admiral Olivia being piped aboard Sir John Cunningham’s flagship. Italian Olivia going below deck, greeted by Admiral Sir John Cunningham. GS of Italian fleet lying off Alexandria.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Environment; Aviation; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- Army Film Unit
Pathe
- Card file number
- 44137
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 109
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