Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Allied Mission in Russia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
646
Date Released
20 Oct 1941
Date submitted
16 Oct 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anglo-US Mission to USSR. DESCRIPTION: Lord Beaverbrook and Mr Harriman travel to Moscow first by sea to Archangel and then by plane. Mr Vyshinsky was waiting to greet the members of the Anglo-American Mission. SHOTLIST: Various shots of President Roosevelt’s meeting with Mr Churchill at Mid-Atlantic. Lord Beaverbrook and Mr Harriman also met. Then Lord Beaverbrook and Mr Harriman went by sea on a cruiser to Archangel, various scenes on board the cruiser, where they changed onto a Russian Destroyer. Later they finished their journey by air to Moscow. At the airfield they were met by Mr Vyshinsky, Admiral Kuznetsov and M Reyakin and Sir Stafford Cripps. Mr Harriman was first to be greeted and the Lord Beaverbrook. Then the three National Anthems were played and the Guard of Honour was inspected. Later there was a march past of the Soviet troops. Various shots of Stalin and Molotov, President Roosevelt, and of Mr Churchill to end the story. Famous shots of Churchill with "stick through arms". Also a shot of "Hammer & Sickle", "Union Jack", "Stars & Stripes" flying together.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Economics; Aviation; Foreign relations; Business and commerce; Conferences; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Library
Ministry of Information
Card file number
41440
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
249
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Allied Mission in Russia', British Movietone News Issue No. 646, 20 Oct 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11981 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)