Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Pacific - Pummelling the Japs
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pacific - Pummelling the Japs. DESCRIPTION: After taking Makin in the Gilbert Islands attention was turned to the Marshall Islands. Allied air power began carried out bombing raids on Japanese emplacements. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GS of convoy, aerial of Makin Island, US troops come ashore off LCIs. Shots of jungle advance. Jap bomber crashes, leaves trail. Fire small artillery in jungle, GV Jap seaplane in ruins. Various aerial of attack on airfields, shipping, etc. Somewhere on New Guinea, crews board Mitchell bomber, several shots of dog who wants to go aboard, another shot of him lying on ground, looks depressed. Aerial formation of Mitchells, (very good), over target, low flying, bombs fall (parachute bombs), aerial of explosions on target New Britain. Over Cape Gloucester, Liberators bomb same, bombs go down and shots of explosions by same. The latter are concentrated. This is very good material.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Ceremonies; War damage; Navy; Animals; Military; Awards and honours
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Pathe
USM?
- Card file number
- 44477
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 147
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