Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cherbourg Drive

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

786

Date Released

26 Jun 1944

Date Other

Jun 1944

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cherbourg Drive. DESCRIPTION: The battle for the Cherbourg Peninsular is very important. American troops, have fought a dogged and successful battle for control of the port itself. The drive forward from the beaches continues. The villages of Quineville, St Mer Eglise, St Sauveur and Barneville were all captured in the first great drive. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS - GS cruiser firing her guns. Various pans of ships approaching beach-head. Cruisers fire guns. Destroyer fires her guns. LS of explosions behind beaches. Destroyers fire broadside, LS explosion behind beaches. Various shots of Sherman tanks off LCTs, several angles. Sherman tanks through ruined street, also various shots of Yanks walking through streets. This is the cruiser "Orion". GV of ruined village. Yank infantry on march. Yanks lie on ground fire guns, artillery. (This is a line of them along ditch in road). Troops fire mortars from field. AFU - GV of house with smashed roof & burning. More shots of ruins, Americans clear streets of rubble. Jeeps over bridge built by Royal Engineers & up over mound of earth, into camera. American infantry march over rubble. Prisoners march through streets, various shots & pans.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; Communications; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Navy; Animals; Engineering; Military

Footage sources

APS
Army Film Unit
Pathe
Royal Air Force

Card file number

44929

Credits:

Camera: J. L. Ramsden
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

263

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