Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Jap Commanders Brought to Book
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- British Movietone News
Issue
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jap Commanders Brought to Book. DESCRIPTION: In a Manila Court, notorious Jap Commander, General Homma, is tried as a war criminal. SHOTLIST: KS General Homma with escort in courtroom. Homma told where to sit. GV Court, US prosecutor opens case, "United States versus Homma". Homma steps forward and pleads "not guilty" in English. Homma walks back to his seat. This is at Manila. At Saigon, Lord Louis Mountbatten walks out of Government House into camera, where ceremony of handing over Field Marshal Count Terauchi’s sword, daggers, etc. packed in box. CU Allied types soldiers, Indian Gurkha, etc. Terauchi walks with stick, suffers from paralysis, hands box over to Lord Mountbatten. MS Union Jack flying over Government House. Terauchi walks back to his position in the rank. Saigon material is SEACAFU.
- Keywords
- War crimes; Military
- Locations
- Manila; Saigon
- Footage sources
- Army Film Unit
USM?
- Card file number
- 46382
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 67
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