Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ships and Wings in Mediterranean

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
605A
Date Released
9 Jan 1941
Date submitted
Jan 1941
Date submitted
6 Jan 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ships and Wings in Mediterranean. DESCRIPTION: From Gibraltar to Alexandria the Royal Navy is now supreme in the Mediterranean. The aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm continue to attack the Italian navy. SHOTLIST: Shots of Gib. and on the rock we find the C-in-C General Sir Clive Liddell. Shots of the Fleet which included "Ark Royal". Aboard her Fairey "Fulmars" take off. A convoy is picked up and escorted. Back on "Ark Royal" "Swordfish" are "torpedo-ed" and "Skuas" bombed-up - take off. They chase the Wops and defeat them in the Battle of Sardinia - the enemy steaming full speed (not in picture). "Ark Royal" is bombed - excellent scenes. Planes returns.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Navy; Military
Card file number
40238
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
197
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ships and Wings in Mediterranean', British Movietone News Issue No. 605A, 9 Jan 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11399 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)