Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: U-Boat Pens Demolished

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

856

Date Released

29 Oct 1945

Date submitted

23 Oct 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Gale
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Dalton’s Budget
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: U-Boat Pens Demolished
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Meteor Speed Tests

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: U-Boat Pens Demolished. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Engineers use German bombs to demolish U-Boat pens at Hamburg. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated shot of U-boat pens. Various shots of German civilians assisted by British soldiers, (naval), laying German dynamite, bombs etc. in position for blowing same up. Laying fuse wires. Major Donelly presses button which sets off fuse. GV pens blowing up - colossal explosion. MS aftermath, ruined, wrecked U-boat pens.

Keywords

Explosions; Occupied territories; Military

Locations

Hamburg

Footage sources

Army Film Unit

Card file number

46164

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

73

Story extras:

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