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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

694

Date Released

21 Sep 1942

Date submitted

17 Sep 1942

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Screen Stars Help War Effort
• 2. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Brazil Demonstrates Her Solidarity
• 3. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Saaf Guards and Patrols Coastline
• 4. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): From German Raid to Homeland Triumph
• 5. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Churchills in Landing Exercises
• 6. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Solomons: Change Hands
• 7. War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Trailer: Clothing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Section Title

War and the Camera with commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC)

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Combined Operations A.213/2/3. DESCRIPTION: A Training Exercise for personnel, armoured vehicles and landing craft. SHOTLIST: TLCs laying off beach. Churchill tanks going aboard. VG. Tank into camera CU. Tanks. SV CU. Troops going aboard TLC. Tanks manoeuvring over soft beaches. Tank coming into camera - very good. Men coming off TLC as Churchill tanks running along beach into camera. GS of TLC. CU TLC. Troops landing CU. Troops scrambling up beaches. Bofors going aboard TLC. Lorry going aboard TLC. TLC close up to shore, Bulldozer pushing same into position. 3.7 Howitzer being loaded. Troops in TLC - various angle shots. CU Bofor guns. Bren gun carrier into camera along shore. Tank along shore out of camera. Tank manoeuvring to go aboard TLC. Army lorry bogged, tank pulling it out. CU Churchill - various angle shots. Bofor Gun carriages going aboard TLC. Pan shot of TLCs in bay. CU Gun turret. CU tracks. General view of TLC under way. Brigade Of Guards A213/1 - CARD 42839 Coldstream Guards embarking from beach onto ALCs. Troops downside of ship in to landing crafts. Jeep being lowered over side of ship. General shot of Landing Craft (dawn shot) mist is still lying on water. Craft approaching coast (imaginary). Troops landing, armoured cars, Jeeps, Bofors etc. being disembarked. Shot of fields, tank running along hedge, soldier advancing (training). Churchill tank in action. Shot of countryside with troops in mock warfare actions. PR2 (Films) War Office Material "The copyright in this material remains with the Crown: and may only be used for news propaganda purposes in the current make-up, and is released at the request of the Ministry of Information, free of charge, solely for that purpose. If it is desired to make use of such material later, application should be made to PR2. Curzon Street House. Curzon Street, W1".

Keywords

Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Weapons; Military

Footage sources

Army Film Unit

Card file number

42838

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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