Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Presents for Nazis

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
693
Date Released
14 Sep 1942
Date submitted
10 Sep 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Block Busters. DESCRIPTION: America demonstrates its new 2,000lb. bombs. SHOTLIST: Bombers being loaded up with 2,000lb. bombs. Bomber in sky. Shot from ground. Bombs falling from plane. Bombs exploding. CU Bombs being hoisted into plane. CU Bombs coming out of bomb-doors. CU Bomb 2,000lb. (I think the title of this story should be ‘Boche Busters’).
Keywords
Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Pathe
Card file number
42813
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
37
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Presents for Nazis', British Movietone News Issue No. 693, 14 Sep 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12435 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)