Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: City Fire Raid

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
604A
Date Released
2 Jan 1941
Date submitted
31 Dec 1940
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: City Fire Raid - Fire of London 1940. DESCRIPTION: Sunday night the twenty ninth of December thousands of incendiaries fell on the City of London. SHOTLIST: Shots from the top of St Paul’s showing the terrific conflagration below. Next morning the clearing up - Historic churches, the Guildhall and countless other famous buildings have been ruined. Night shots of the fire. Also the falling wall shots. Ruins - but no clearing up in reel.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; War damage
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40217
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
118
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: City Fire Raid', British Movietone News Issue No. 604A, 2 Jan 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11382 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)