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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Truk

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
776A
Date Released
20 Apr 1944
Date submitted
Apr 1944
Date submitted
14 Apr 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Truk
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Princess Elizabeth
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Cold Comfort"
  4. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Charlton V Chelsea

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: US Blast Truk. DESCRIPTION: The American advance in the Pacific has moved forward towards the Philippines and Japan by the concentrated attack on Truk. Striking again and again they hammered the shipping and defences of the island. They then swept northwards to Saipan in the Marianas. SHOTLIST: Cut story - US battleships in line ahead. Map of Pacific, & Map of Truk, shows vantage points. Dawn shot of ships in convoy under way. US pilot climbs aboard plane. Various aerial shots of aerial combat, shows Dauntless planes in combat. Avenger dive bombing Jap shipping, machine gunning, hits registering, ships on fire, zigzagging to avoid attacks. Aerial shots of attacks on Saipan, shows aerodromes shot up, planes (grounded) suffering direct hits. Storage tanks fired, various shots. Formation of US planes returning to carriers. Prior to aerial combat you see plane take off from carrier. Plane lands on carrier, one lands with only one wheel, the other being shot away. The one with only one wheel is a Dauntless, the others Avengers. Wounded pilot on stretcher carried along deck. Map of Pacific, shows how Americans have advanced in that area.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Navy; Military
Footage sources
British Paramount
United Newsreels
Card file number
44741
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
197
Story extras:

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