Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: In the Maginot Line - Blockhouse Fighting
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 10 / 11
- Section Title
- Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: With Cine Men in the Maginot Emplacements. DESCRIPTION: Newsreel cameramen show the action at the front. SHOTLIST: Shots of cameramen filming an attack from a Maginot blockhouse against a Siegfried counterpart. The river divides the two and bullets are seen spattering the German blockhouse.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Mass media; Environment; Weapons; Military
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 39015
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 49
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: In the Maginot Line - Blockhouse Fighting', British Movietone News Issue No. 572A, 23 May 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10866 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)