The Return of the Little Ships

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2400

Date Released

1 Jun 1975

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Return of the Little Ships

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Return of the Little Ships. DESCRIPTION: To commemorate the historic evacuation of troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940, some of the Little Ships make a return journeyCalled upon by the Admiralty, thirty-five years ago these little pleasure boats helped to rescue 338,000 beleaguered troopsTo mark the anniversary planes of the RAF Historic Section flew over the Little Ships assembled at Dunkirk and a Wessex Helicopter dropped a wreath into the sea. SHOTLIST: Pan Dunkirk beach. CU street scene & sign ‘Dunkirk’. B/W sequence - sequence guns firing in France, houses burning in France, refugees past burning buildings, refugees, end of sequence. GV Ramsgate Harbour early morning. LS little ships prepare for sea. View on board little ship approaching harbour entrance, pan down mast to ditto (moon in sky). View past jetty wall. Red ensign. MS passing lighthouse. LS little ships leaving harbour. GV ditto with Ramsgate in b/g. SV white ensign. MS naval officer looks through telescope. GV group of little ships at sea. LV sailing barge ENA. LV little ship L’Orage owned by Raymond Baxter. LV group of little ships. MS two little ships. LS naval officers on HMS Solent - Dunkirk in b/g. LAS flags on mast. B/W sequence - plane bombs Dunkirk, LV ships bombed, MS HMS Solent officers on bridge, ships bombed, end of sequence. MS sun reflecting behind gun. B/W sequence - ships bombed, MS gun. B/W sequence - GV ships bombed. MS bridge on HMS Solent. MS morse signal lamp. LV deck of HMS Solent. SV passing Dunkirk lighthouse. CU plaque ‘Dunkirk 1940’. GV little ships enter harbour. MS Iorana tied up in harbour. LV Dunkirk Harbour pan to boat Hilfranor. SV sailing barge ENA. MS Lamouette ties up. CU man ties up boat. LV little ships tied up. GV ships in harbour. LAS Town Hall. MS interior old soldier with flags. GV ditto & members of little ships. CU mayor presented plaques to ship owners. CU plaque. GV pan sand dunes. LS ship sunk in sand. B/W sequence - smoke rising over Dunkirk. Continuation of B/W sequence - soldiers wade out from beaches, destroyer, soldiers, troops on deck, paddle steamer, naval officer (x2), ship heads back to Dover. GV Hurricane, Lancaster & Spitfire fly past. GV Wessex helicopter flies past. LV little ship off Dunkirk. LS helicopter drops wreath. CU wreath floating on water. CU Dunkirk memorial. GV cemetery. MS cemetery entrance. GV pan mass of war graves. CU graves. MS altar, "their names liveth for evermore". MS view of memorial cross. CU pan engraved memorial window. B/W sequence - British tommy, ships bringing troops back to Dover. CU sea washes over beach. MS waves on beach, end of sequence. Stock shots - Ramsgate Harbour with boats in foreground (4 shots), Sealink Ferry (3 shots). Sequence of waves crashing on shore. Aerial shot of Dunkirk town. GV Dunkirk Harbour. FV fishing trawler ‘Ena’ coming into Dunkirk Harbour (3 shots). GV of fortifications on Dunkirk beach, sand dunes on Dunkirk beach, German fortifications (3 shots). GV fortifications on beaches. Aerial shots of Dunkirk & harbour, and small boats. Various shots of small boats in harbour and Dunkirk beaches. Shots aboard HMS Solent. GV entrance to Dunkirk harbour. CU "Dunkirk 1940". Various shots aboard HMS Solent.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Ceremonies; Displaced persons; War damage; Local government; Evacuees; Navy; Military

Locations

Dunkirk

Card file number

75/191

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

713

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