Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: China Front Action

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
597A
Date Released
14 Nov 1940
Date submitted
11 Nov 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: War in the Far East. DESCRIPTION: The Japanese push into Northern Indo-China to gain a strategic point to bomb the Burma Road. Meanwhile they continue to bomb Chungking. SHOTLIST: Japanese troops march forward into North Indo-China. Casualties are cleared. Various shots of French Colonial troops which have been captured. Jap warships steam into Haiping [sic]. A French boat takes officials to the discussion. Various scenes of the parley. Aerial shots of the bombing on Chungking. The planes fly in formation and the bombs rain downwards, specks showing the explosions as they hit the ground.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Weapons; Aviation; Foreign relations; Conferences; Colonialism; War damage; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
40022
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
45
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: China Front Action', British Movietone News Issue No. 597A, 14 Nov 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11275 (Accessed 14 Jun 2025)