Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Road to China
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Road to China. DESCRIPTION: Brigadier General Lewis Pick led the first convoy to go through to China along the new Ledo or "Stilwell" Road. It was a great moment for him since he had been responsible for its construction. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of convoy starting ..., Brigadier General Pick in jeep leads. Various shots of roads. Inhabitants celebrate opening of new road, road officially opened, huge "V" sign taken away, convoy passes through. Various shots of terrain, through which the convoy, or rather the road had to be made. Convoy passes along, through jungle, mountainous roads, over rivers etc. Signpost Ledo/Burma Road. Convoy enters Kunming, still led by Brigadier General Pick who acknowledges the large crowds, as convoy drives through streets.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Environment; Ceremonies; Road transport; Engineering; Military
- Locations
- Ledo Road; Stilwell Road
- Footage sources
- Pathe
United Newsreels
- Card file number
- 45579
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 122
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