Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Second Front - Attack!

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

783A

Date Released

8 Jun 1944

Date submitted

Jun 1944

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE" CARD TITLE: Second Front - Made Up Story. DESCRIPTION: God speed to our arms and our men now in action. Paratroops prepare for the biggest airborne operation the world has ever seen. Troops embark for the Channel crossing and a few hours after these pictures had been taken the invasion of Normandy had begun. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Wireless mast flashing out signals. Map of Europe with V zoom. Shots of gliders being attached to planes with "Attack" zooming up to fore. Battleship fires double broadside. Signaller sends out message with flashlamps. Dusk or dawn shot of LCI off beaches. Troops (British) come ashore wading. Battleships firing double broadside. Gliders take off various angles, towed by C47s. Shots of same in air. Parachutists jump from plane, masses of parachutists fall to earth. Gliders land, troops jump out. Various shots of troops running through smoke screens, mixing with one another. Several shots of tanks along road. End sub-title which reads "GOD SPEED TO OUR ARMS & OUR MEN NOW IN ACTION". Then followed authentic scenes. USAAF - US Paratroops board plane. CU boarding. C47s take off at dawn with navigation lights on, various angles, also into camera). Lorry pushes LCI off beach, various shots of LCIs gathering. Churchill, SCU of him on board" Scylla" with cigar in mouth. (AFU - British troops aboard LCIs, also boarding, some with cycles, others with collapsible motor cycles. CU types passing camera). GV of LCIs under way all flying barrage balloons. (USAAF - Marauders in formation, aerial shot of water craft armada, aerial shots of islands off France & France proper. Bombs falling & hitting target, mass explosions, this was at night. LSTs & balloons. Shots of convoy under way, LSTs and LCIs.)

Keywords

Politics and government; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Communications; Social welfare; War damage; Occupied territories; Navy; Military

Footage sources

Army Film Unit
Pathe
Universal
United States Army Air Force [USAAF]

Card file number

44904

Credits:

Editor: Charles A. Ridley
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

293

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