Movietone’s War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: Victory in the North

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
575
Date Released
10 Jun 1940
Date submitted
4 Jun 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle for Narvik - MUTE. DESCRIPTION: Narvik has been captured by the Allies with the aid of bombardment by the British Navy. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the town of Bjervic and the bombardment there of by ships of the Royal Navy. General Berthouart watches from a bridge of a destroyer and then the landing party leaves. They wind their way over the snow clad hills. Various shots of more troops landing in the morning. Shots of the fires blazing on the shore.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Environment; Fires; Navy; Military
Footage sources
France
Card file number
39135
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
151
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: Victory in the North', British Movietone News Issue No. 575, 10 Jun 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10906 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)