Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Last of U-Boat Hide-Out
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Brest Surrenders - U-Pens Bombed. DESCRIPTION: The last attack on the submarine pens at Brest scored a number of direct hits with twelve thousand pounders as photographic evidence confirmed. Brest itself suffered very heavy attacks the end result being the surrender of 35,000 Germans. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Aerial shot of Lancasters & Halifaxes on way to bomb Brest. Aerial shots of Brest Harbour, shows explosions on U-Boat pens, by 12,000lb. bombs. GS of harbour. Pan of U-Boat pens, exterior & interior damaged, holes through roof of pens. Aerial shot of coast of Brest, shows lighthouse & coastal guns. Aerial shot of city of Brest, majority of house still standing, but just hollow shells. German prisoners, all types, walk along country road past Yanks, in & out of camera, never ending line.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Military
- Footage sources
- Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
United States Army Air Force [USAAF]
- Card file number
- 45159
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 87
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