Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Russia - Supplies and Counter Attack

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
697A
Date Released
15 Oct 1942
Date submitted
12 Oct 1942
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Supplies and Counter Attack. DESCRIPTION: The loss of large areas of agricultural land has greatly threatened the harvest in Russia. The Red Army continues to fight with vigour to counter the Germans. The pictures show fighting from the Voronezh region where the German thrust to the Don was halted. SHOTLIST: Cut Story. Camels pulling hay-carts across fields. Men working in cornfields. Looking down on men. CU girl and tractor. Large threshing machine at work. CU Corn. Armoured train along track - various shots. CU Corn thrown from thresher. Camels pulling hay carts. Russians parading in large field. Lt General Rokossovsky holding flag. He hands it to Commissar Lebatchev. Officers looking through binoculars, artillery gun firing. Scattered about fields. Hurricanes in flight. Tank over country into camera. Hurricane takes off and into camera. Hurricane in flight. Bombs falling and hitting targets. Aerial shots of countryside. Troops advancing over fields. Dead Germans lying beside burning tanks etc.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Women; Weapons; Aviation; Agriculture; Railways; Aircraft; Fires; Death; Ceremonies; War damage; Propaganda; Navy; Animals; Engineering; Military; Awards and honours
Footage sources
Ministry of Information
Card file number
42944
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
160
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Russia - Supplies and Counter Attack', British Movietone News Issue No. 697A, 15 Oct 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12479 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)