Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC): Bardia - Blasted and Captured

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
606A
Date Released
16 Jan 1941
Date submitted
9 Jan 1941
Date submitted
13 Jan 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC)
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bardia Blasted and Captured. DESCRIPTION: For two days and nights ships of the Mediterranean fleet shelled Bardia. Meanwhile tanks and artillery moved on from Sidi Barrani to capture Bardia. SHOTLIST: The sun sets behind Sidi Barrani as the Mediterranean Battle Fleet steams past to shell Bardia. Various shots of the bombardment and the monitor HMS "Terror". Ashore, shots of wrecked strong points. Tanks and guns move forward along the Mussolini road which is complete with a memorial stone to the Top Wop. Troops pass Sollum Harbour and roads have to be repaired in order that our troops might pass. Shots of the thousands and thousands of prisoners. Very good shots of night firing in this story.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; War damage; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Middle East
Card file number
40270
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
John Snagge
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
281
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by John Snagge (Courtesy of BBC): Bardia - Blasted and Captured', British Movietone News Issue No. 606A, 16 Jan 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11415 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)