Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Camera’s Second Reports from Belgium: Pitiable Stream of Refugees Goes On

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
571A
Date Released
16 May 1940
Date submitted
11 May 1940
Date submitted
14 May 1940
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: BEF in Belgium. DESCRIPTION: The troops moving up, pass the lines of civilians fleeing from the Nazi invaders. SHOTLIST: The customs barriers rise and the mechanised units roll forward into Belgium. Tanks, Bren carriers and lorries move up. Wreckage strews the streets in some places, evidence that bombers have been feeling for the lines of troops. Pitiful streams of refugees file out of the towns as the British army moves up.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weapons; Displaced persons; War damage; Propaganda; Military
Footage sources
British Expeditionary Force
Card file number
38990
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
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'Movietone’s Review of the Momentous Events in the Allies’ Great Fight for the Freedom of Mankind: Camera’s Second Reports from Belgium: Pitiable Stream of Refugees Goes On', British Movietone News Issue No. 571A, 16 May 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10850 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)