Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Explosion War Aftermath

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

866

Date Released

7 Jan 1946

Date submitted

4 Jan 1946

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Voice of Joyce is Silent
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Two Railway Crashes
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Explosion War Aftermath
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: NZ Volcano in Eruption
5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bathing Beauties’ Escapade

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Explosions Epidemic. DESCRIPTION: MARLBOROUGH - At Cadley, near Marlborough, Wiltshire an ammunition train exploded whilst it was being unloaded. The countryside around was splattered with live shells, mines and detonators. EASTBOURNE - A 550 pound bomb which had been buried 30 feet since September 1940 was electrically exploded. The houses around were evacuated and despite precautions some damage was done. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV wreckage. Cadley, near Marlborough: Various shots of wreckage, shell-cases, shells, anti-tank mines, detonators, etc. Truck loads of undamaged ammunitions. Colonel Heron with his GOC inspecting damage. Various shots of damage, wreckage etc. Several shots of evacuees, SCU & CU. Eastbourne: Road sign "Danger - unexploded bomb". Various shots of shaft where mine has rested since September 1940; looking down shaft. Soldiers stack sandbags around shaft to decrease danger to nearby houses. People leaving their houses, row of deserted houses. MS Soldier waiting to detonate bomb. LS of sandbagged shaft, explosions, earth appears to rise, also the trees then return to their original position. People return to their houses, to find damaged doors, broken windows etc.

Keywords

Weapons; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Eastbourne; Marlborough

Card file number

46356

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Camera

David Prosser

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

117

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