Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Anti-Invasion Plans Rehearsed by Guards
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grenadier Guards Practise for Invasion. DESCRIPTION: The Grenadier Guards rehearse anti-invasion tactics. SHOTLIST: Advance through a smoke screen. Trench mortar firing. The wireless vans receives messages. The Bren carriers dash forward. The Tommy Gun is fired. A lookout man in a tree reports. Land mines are laid which explode under the caterpillars of an advancing tank.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Weapons; Communications; Military
- Card file number
- 39853
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 45
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Anti-Invasion Plans Rehearsed by Guards', British Movietone News Issue No. 592A, 10 Oct 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11195 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)