Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Canadian Corvettes Protect Convoys
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canadian Convoy (Corvettes). DESCRIPTION: Corvettes built in Canada are helping to escort convoys across the Atlantic. SHOTLIST: There is a conference between officers of Naval and Marine vessels. Canadian Corvettes, accompany the convoy. The course is steered to point where convoy is to be picked-up. Signalling with Blister Lights. Planes fly on guard above. Depth charge party, hurry to positions for launching the ‘ash-cans’. Gun crews are shown on the alert and machine-guns at the ready.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 42097
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Canadian Corvettes Protect Convoys', British Movietone News Issue No. 669A, 2 Apr 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12203 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)