Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Pictures of the Altmark

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
560
Date Released
26 Feb 1940
Date Other
Mar 1940
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Altmark in Josing Fjord. DESCRIPTION: The German prison ship is ice bound in a Norwegian fjord. The pictures were taken by a Movietone cameraman at the time of the funeral for dead Germans. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the tanker in the Fjord. Military guard the entrances and a Norwegian gun boat stands by. The victims are buried and the bearded commander is present.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Navy; Military; Funerals
Footage sources
Holland
Card file number
38388
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Pictures of the Altmark', British Movietone News Issue No. 560, 26 Feb 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10645 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)