Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Man to the Rescue

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

762

Date Released

10 Jan 1944

Date submitted

5 Jan 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Man to the Rescue
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scharnhorst - The Summing Up
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Roosevelt’s 1944 Message
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Weapons
5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Education

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men to the Rescue. DESCRIPTION: In America engineers have to rescue a porcupine and a buck from an aqueduct. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of motor (rather ancient) van being driven through viaduct, travelling shot into camera. GS of porcupine in viaduct, being assisted by Engineers, & lifted out of same. Motor car drives on farther along the viaduct can be seen a buck, it starts to run away, but realises it can’t get out of water viaduct. GS of four prong buck with its legs tied, being lifted out of viaduct & set free. Buck runs off across country.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Animals; Engineering

Footage sources

United Newsreels

Card file number

44440

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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