Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Western Desert News: The Dawn Patrol

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
635A
Date Released
7 Aug 1941
Date submitted
1 Aug 1941
Date submitted
30 Jul 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dawn Patrol. DESCRIPTION: Hurricanes of the RAF go on dawn patrol over the desert. SHOTLIST: The operations officer runs out to brief the pilots in the Western Desert. The men climb into their flying kit and take off. In the air, two machines peel-off to look for the enemy. On their return one of the machines does the Victory Roll. The machines are Hurricanes.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Aircraft; Stunts; Military
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
41085
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Western Desert News: The Dawn Patrol', British Movietone News Issue No. 635A, 7 Aug 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11849 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)