Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle for Shaggy Ridge

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
777A
Date Released
27 Apr 1944
Date submitted
21 Apr 1944
Date submitted
27 Mar 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Chancellor of the Exchequer - Budget Speech
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle for Shaggy Ridge
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Birthday Gift from Her Regiment
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A "Fortress" Christened
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hampden Park International
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Early Spring"

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle for Shaggy Ridge. DESCRIPTION: The latest pictures from the New Guinea front tell the story of the battle of "Shaggy Ridge". Australian troops needed to take the Ridge as part of the drive towards Madang. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of Aussies, crossing the Shaggy Ridge - Ramu Valley. Also cross River Faria. Elevated shots of Valley. Aussies trek along mountain paths followed by natives. LS Mitchells & Kittyhawks bombing Shaggy Ridge, elevated shot of explosions caused by same. Kittyhawk dive bombs. Shots of machine gun & mortar fire, followed by explosions in hills. Wounded on stretchers, some walking make their way through jungle. CU Eric Knight - wounded - killed four Japs. CU of stretcher case have time of his last morphia painted on his forehead. GS of Aussies in trench pass equipment along same, Aussies trek up side of Ridge.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Military
Locations
New Guinea
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
44679
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
129
Story extras:
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