Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The "Firefly"

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

808

Date Released

27 Nov 1944

Date Other

Nov 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pictures Tell Britain’s Story to Paris
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The "Firefly"
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Fourteenth
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Western Battlefront

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Fighter/Bomber - "Firefly". DESCRIPTION: First pictures of the new aircraft which will be used by the Fleet Air Arm, the Fairey "Firefly". It is a fighter - reconnaissance machine and will carry an observer as well as a pilot. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Line of "Firefly" planes. Various shots of "Firefly", shot with wings folded. Firefly takes off. Various aerial shots of same, SV, into camera, peeling off out of camera, etc.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Card file number

45308

Credits:

Camera

J. L. Ramsden

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

81

Story extras:

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