Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Dutchmen Bomb France
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dutch Bomb France. DESCRIPTION: A Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service Squadron flying "Mitchells" has taken part in a raid over France. Their object was installations at Cherbourg Docks. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Line of Mitchells on aerodrome individually taxi off & pan with several take offs. GS of Mitchells over clouds (VG) various angle shots of machines. Aerial shots of hits on Cherbourg. RAF cameraman earlier on seen placing camera in plane. CU interior of plane shows pilot. Aerial shot of Mitchell hit & smoking, crashes, camera pans down to earth with same, this being on the coast, by Cherbourg.
- Keywords
- Mass media; Aviation; Explosions; War damage; Military
- Locations
- Cherbourg
- Footage sources
- Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
- Card file number
- 44231
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 91
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