Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hard Going in Italy
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hard Going in Italy. DESCRIPTION: Action on the Adriatic front, leads to the capture of Ortona by Canadian forces. The Fifth also continue to push forward taking San Pietro on the road to Cassino. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GV of battle area. GV of Canadians firing heavy artillery. GS medium artillery firing. Troops fire mortars. Fire in streets, Bren Carrier passes, GS of Sherman through street. Infantry climb over ruins along road. POW brought back over ruins. Troops advance & tanks. Artillery loaded & fired. Elevated shots of truck hit & fired by land mine, this is on road to Cassino, (St Pietro). American soldier dug out of earth, by comrades, GV of artillery firing. Elevated shot of shell explosions on Cassino.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Weapons; War damage; Prisoners of war; Military
- Locations
- Ortona; St Pietro; Orsogna
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Movietone
- Card file number
- 44545
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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