Helmstedt Hold-Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1079
Date Released
6 Feb 1950
Date submitted
31 May 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Newsreel Association Having Offered Equal Facilities to the Political Parties, Present in This Issue of the British Movietone News an Interview with Mr Attlee.
  2. 2Pre-Election Service & Election in Earnest
  3. 3Helmstedt Hold-Up
  4. 4Race Horse for Stan Matthews
  5. 5Winner Takes All
  6. 6Australian Weather Contrasts

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Road Hold-Up. DESCRIPTION: Once again Allied traffic is being held up by the Russians. At Helmstedt, queues of lorries await passage through the Russian check point to get to Berlin. SHOTLIST: KS. GV control point at above. Ditto. Various shots of lorries queueing, waiting to be allowed to cross border. Filling radiators with hot water. Elevated GV of queues of lorries. Lorries start to move slowly.
Keywords
Occupied territories
Locations
Helmstedt
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
53156
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
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