Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scotsman Who Captured Hess
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 9
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Man Who Found Hess. DESCRIPTION: David McLean tells how he captured Rudolph Hess. SHOTLIST: General shots of man being interviewed. Interview with Home Guard who arrested Hess. Sync speech on both. Also library shots of Hess with Hitler as used in Issue 623A. The Man Who Found Hess - CARD 40784 Various shots of David McLean who discovered Rudolph Hess. Interviews with McLean, his mother and Alister Gourley who escorted the German leader to HQ.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Prisoners of war; Civil defence; Crime; Military
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 40729A
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 95
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scotsman Who Captured Hess', British Movietone News Issue No. 624, 19 May 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11675 (Accessed 27 Jun 2025)