Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Night Fighters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
626A
Date Released
5 Jun 1941
Date submitted
3 Jun 1941
Date submitted
15 May 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Havoc Night Fighters. DESCRIPTION: The "Douglas DB2", known as the "Havoc", is a new night-fighter which has come from America. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Havocs, take-off, flight, landing and aerial material. The planes, which fly in formation, and Douglas DB2A’s, the US service designation in A-20A and we originally called the "Boston II" but have since changed this to "Havoc".
Keywords
Aviation; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40768
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
67
Story extras:

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