Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Corporal Koons of Dieppe

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
697
Date Released
12 Oct 1942
Date submitted
8 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: Corporal Koons Interview. DESCRIPTION: One of the American Commandos who took part in the Dieppe raid has been awarded the British Military Medal. SHOTLIST: CU Koons & officer, trees background. CU Koons, answering questions. Corporal Koons is of the US Rangers, he was saying what he thought of the Dieppe Raid, being one of the few Rangers who were chosen to go. This starts off with a few shots of Library material being: many landing craft preparing to go ashore. Rangers transferring from one ship to another.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
42935
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Corporal Koons of Dieppe', British Movietone News Issue No. 697, 12 Oct 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12471 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)