Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fleet Air Arm Aids Russia
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: FAA Raid Petsamo. DESCRIPTION: Two days after Finland throw in her lot with Germany, planes of the Fleet Air Arm raided the Finnish port of Petsamo. SHOTLIST: HM Aircraft Carriers "Furious" and "Victorious" accompanied by other warships, steam North to raid Petsamo and Kirknenes. On the journey, anti-submarine patrol practice is carried out, while Fulmars, Skuas, Swordfish, Albacores are bombed up, and "torpedoed". Various scenes of the take off from the aircraft carrier, and long shots from other ships. No actual scenes of the raid were taken.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- Various
- Card file number
- 41160
- 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: Fleet Air Arm Aids Russia', British Movietone News Issue No. 637, 18 Aug 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11870 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)