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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Downfall of Japan Conference

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
757
Date Released
6 Dec 1943
Date submitted
2 Dec 1943
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Downfall of Japan Conference
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Honour the Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Downfall of Japan Conference. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill visited Malta on his way to Cairo for the Conference. British, American and Chinese leaders attended the Conference which was to plot the downfall of Japan. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GS of cameramen in grounds. Elevated shot of Mr Churchill & Lord Gort walking through crowds of Maltese people. (Churchill in naval uniform). GS of the two on balcony of Palace. CU - SV of Churchill, & GS of him acknowledging crowds in square below, Gort in background. Elevated shot of crowds. AFU - GS of Mr Churchill, Mr Roosevelt, & Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, seated in grounds. (Churchill in white drill). Cut-in of cameramen, J Ramsden can be seen amongst them. CU pan right to left as follows: General Carton de Wiart, Lt General Chow-Chih-jou, General Stilwell, General Shang Chen, Lord Louis Mountbatten, General Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Admiral King, Admiral Leahy, Sir Charles Portal, Sir John Dill, General Marshall. Cut-in cameramen. AFU - Another shot of cameramen includes J Ramsden. CU Madame Chiang Kai Shek. CU Madame Chiang & Mr Churchill, SCU pan right to left of political party: Sir Alexander Cadogan, Mr Eden, Mr Winant, Mr Macmillan, Dr Wang Chung-hui, Mr Casey, Lord Killearn, Mr Harriman, Lord Leathers, Harry Hopkins. CU Marshal Chiang Kai Shek; CU Roosevelt. CU Mr Churchill, these last three CUs are excellent. Before the panning shots, you have the above as a group. The following is the names of all those attended the conference, will guarantee that are in the pictures: United States - Admiral WD Leahy; General GC Marshall; Admiral EJ King; General HH Arnold; Lt General Brehon B Somervell; Major General EN Watson; Vice Admiral Wilson Brown; Rear Admiral Ross McIntire; Mr H Hopkins; Mr WA Harriman; Mr J Winant; Mr L Steinhardt; Mr Lewis Douglas; Mr J McCloy. Great Britain - Mr A Eden; Lord Leathers; Lt General Sir Alan Brooke; Sir Charles Portal; Sir A Cunningham; Sir John Dill; Sir Hastings Ismay; Sir Thomas Riddell-Webster; Sir A Cadogan. China - General Shang Chen; Dr Wang Chung-hui; Lt General Chow Chih-jou; Vice Admiral Yang Hsuanchen. Please note that journey out has been censored out.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Women; Horticulture; Conferences; Censorship; Military; Cameramen; Newsreels
Locations
Cairo; Malta
Footage sources
Army Film Unit
Pathe
Card file number
44319
Credits:
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
136
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