Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Out of Hitler’s Europe

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
798A
Date Released
21 Sep 1944
Date submitted
Sep 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Domestic Help in Hospitals"
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sports - London Wins
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sports - Tehran’s St Leger
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Le Havre - The End
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Out of Hitler’s Europe

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Out of Hitler’s Europe. Repatriated Prisoners Home. DESCRIPTION: Repatriated prisoners arrived at Liverpool aboard the Arundel Castle and two Swedish ships the Gripsholm and Drottningholm. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV "Arundel Castle" coming up Mersey River. Other views of her. Cut-ins of crowds, nurses waving. "Gripsholm" coming in. "Drottningholm" coming in. Various shots of civilians & military personnel disembarking. Son greets his mother. MS Adj. General Sir Ronald Adam, makes short speech "we hope to have all our boys home soon, also Germany can’t last much longer" - cut-ins of repatriates lined on decks waving cheering, etc. Stretcher cases taken off ships. Various shots of wounded. Group of Empire soldiers speak for the mike "How glad they are to be back etc".
Keywords
Ships and boats; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Health and medicine; Prisoners of war; Local government; Navy; Military; Disabled persons
Locations
Liverpool
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
45114
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
145
Story extras:

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