Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: On to Tripolitania

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
656A
Date Released
1 Jan 1942
Date submitted
29 Dec 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On to Tripolitania. DESCRIPTION: The Eighth Army is driving the Germans and Italians further and further west across the desert in Libya. After the capture of El Adem came a welcome halt and the first hot food the men had tasted in a long time. SHOTLIST: Armoured cars advance and there is a crashed Stuka (Ju87) and many blazing German tanks. One shot shows lines of destroyer Nazi tanks and will probably come in useful later. The troops stop and cook a hot meal while an Indian soldier keeps an eye out for planes, complete with Bren gun. General Willoughby Norrie directs operations by radio telephone. Troops clean out dug-outs with bayonets and there are German prisoners. Final shots show infantry advancing past dead Axis soldiers - very symbolic.
Keywords
Vehicles; Food and cooking; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Communications; War damage; Propaganda; Prisoners of war; Military
Card file number
41748
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
127
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: On to Tripolitania', British Movietone News Issue No. 656A, 1 Jan 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12097 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)