Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Land Battleship

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
696A
Date Released
8 Oct 1942
Date submitted
5 Oct 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Land Battleship. DESCRIPTION: Equipped with four powerful engines and four tyres over nine feet high, it can transport a load of a hundred and twenty-five tons anywhere at a speed of forty miles an hour. SHOTLIST: Crew climbing aboard monstrous vehicle. Land battleship move off down road. Ditto going over rough country. Ditto going through forest pushing over trees, huts as it goes. The land battleship has a large gun mounted on it. MS gun firing (sound). The gun is imitation. There is a Jeep, going along behind the Land Battleship.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Gaumont
Card file number
42919
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Land Battleship', British Movietone News Issue No. 696A, 8 Oct 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12467 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)