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

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
779
Date Released
8 May 1944
Date submitted
4 May 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Another Base Complete
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Famous Name for New Destroyer
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: First of the Half-A-Million
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Invasion Material

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Invasion Material. DESCRIPTION: Supplies are being built up by Anglo-American forces in preparation for the coming "invasion". Depots are piled high with equipment, ammunition and supplies. SHOTLIST: Interior shots of stacks of material, cases, food, etc. Unloading cases and storing in nissen hut. Pan of stacks of stretchers and hospital beds etc. Barbed wire, lorries, trucks, ducks, ambulances. Deer cantering and grazing in park. Amphibious jeeps in line. Guns - Howitzers - Bofors - 90mm - AA guns revolving (up and down movement) 105mm - Howitzer - 75mm - 40mm - 90mm etc. Lines of tanks. Shermans driven onto transporters. Railway sleepers being stacked. Lines of fuel tanks for aircraft. Various parts of planes - B17, P38. Mustang spares, fuselage etc.
Keywords
Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; Animals; Military
Footage sources
USAPS
Card file number
44782
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
158
Story extras:
Film clip

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