Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Army Shows Offensive Spirit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
619
Date Released
14 Apr 1941
Date submitted
9 Apr 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Army’s Offensive Spirit (Otherwise Called Invasion Exercises By the Suffolk Regiment). DESCRIPTION: The British Army in training on our beaches, preparing for a landing on some other coast. SHOTLIST: Troops land on the beach. The troops cross the wire and advance firing Bren and Tommy guns from the hip under cover of intense mortar fire. Meanwhile, other units do a little mountaineering with full equipment. A smoke-screen covers the advance. (All this material is excellent especially the mortar fire and wire crossing).
Keywords
Environment; Weapons; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40606
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Army Shows Offensive Spirit', British Movietone News Issue No. 619, 14 Apr 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11602 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)