Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of the Beaches Won
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- British Movietone News
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- 2 / 2
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of the Beaches Won. DESCRIPTION: The landings on the beaches continue in the face of opposition. The formidable German defences have been breached and the push in land has begun. In spite of the bombing and shelling many French people remained in the battle area. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Marauders fly over armada off French coast. Marauders in formation. Aerial shot of armada. Ground shot of armada, majority LTCs, LCIs, etc. Various shots of troops wading ashore. GS LCI ploughing through rather heavy sea. SCU men in LCI. More troops landing. GV coast cliffs etc., where Americans landed, few on beach. Dawn shot American through water run up beaches, four are seen to fall wounded. Americans run along lane, Bren carrier along land, down the road house (ammunition dump) blows up. "Duck" [sic] turns corner in street. Various shots of wrecked houses. Marauders in formation bombs dropped, and mass explosions, more forms. and bombing. Precision bombing of forests, bridges etc. (AFU - Various shots of LCIs making for shore, in LCI Canadians, open doors and jump out into water, and run for beach, this was at dawn. More troops land from craft, gangway each side of bows. Various shots of troops charging over fields etc. Shot from German pillbox GS of LTCs, LCIs, just off beach. Various shots of troops as they make their way along road.) German buried in sand up to his neck. GV German pillbox, fire burns inside. GS armada flying balloons. Eisenhower and Ramsay "Hillary" sailors line deck at attention. GS & CU Ramsay & Eisenhower. Monty assisted over rails aboard. GS & SCU of Eisenhower, Ramsay & Monty, Eisenhower wears a "Mae West". (AFU - Monty on "Duck" approaches beach, on beach Monty jumps off, walks off beach. Elevated shot of Sherman tanks through La Delivrande, also guns ? transport. French wave to Sherman crews as they pass. LS of Canadian Commandos attack on strong points on beach at Langrun-aur-snipe troops snipe from ruins and along road, various shots. Troops over rubble. German prisoners lined up by Commandos.) German prisoners into camera with hands up, Yanky in fore. American troops on way to front, pass Germans brought back. Various shots of POWs embarking onto TLCs and various shots of same lounging on decks on craft. AFU disembarking somewhere in England, various shots of them lined up on quays. The bombing in this is very good.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; Death; Horses; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Navy; Animals; Engineering; Military; Religion and belief
- Footage sources
- APS
Army Film Unit
Canadian Film Unit
British Paramount
Pathe
Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
United States Army Air Force [USAAF]
- Card file number
- 44907
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 469
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