Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Dunkirk Navy Comes Home
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dunkirk - the Navy Comes Home. DESCRIPTION: The gallant little ships that have brought the men from the beaches of Dunkirk. SHOTLIST: Excellent shots of small craft being towed in. Various shots of ruins of the port of Dunkirk, Dunkirk being bombed, several shots - fires etc. British troops marching across rail lines towards beach. Army equipment burning. At sea ships burning and various wrecks in the harbour. Good shots of troops embarking. Good shots of Red Cross ship with cross on side. Troops in small boats being towed by larger ships. Several shots of little boats being towed to sea. Small Craft From Dunkirk Various shots of the small boats being towed up the Thames. Later they are tethered at Teddington (Shhh!).
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Fires; War damage; Censorship; Navy; Military
- Locations
- France; London; River Thames; England; Dunkirk
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 39167
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 101
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'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Dunkirk Navy Comes Home', British Movietone News Issue No. 575A, 13 Jun 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10911 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)