Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF All Out Blitz

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

782A

Date Released

1 Jun 1944

Date submitted

May 1944

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF All Out Blitz. DESCRIPTION: The RAF continues to fly thousands of sorties over Europe bombing military objectives, communications and coastal sites. Industry too is being blasted day and night. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Line of Mosquitos with engines turning over. Line of Bostons ditto. Mosquitos & Bostons, taxiing & taking off. Map of France, marked with indication points showing enemy targets etc. Mitchells in formation. Bombs fall, explosions, some of the bombing is pattern bombing. Aerial shots of bombs falling away from camera. Cut-ins of Mitchells, then more bombs. Various aerial shots of explosions. Flying through flak. Bostons in flight. Flying over enemy territory. Map of France with E-boats, gun-sites, coast guns animated on map.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weapons; Aviation; Aircraft; Fires; Industry and manufacture; War damage; Military

Footage sources

Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]

Card file number

44859

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

184

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