Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mussolini Again

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
705
Date Released
7 Dec 1942
Date submitted
3 Dec 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mussolini’s Bust Scrapped "Mussolini talks again". DESCRIPTION: A bust of Il Duce, taken from a captured Italian liner, has been crushed in America. SHOTLIST: Mussolini’s bust being carried through streets on a slab by four sailors. Placed under steam hammer, you see the bust disappear into crevice. It then rises to the ground level again as a piece of flat metal. Cut Story - Various library shots of Mussolini addressing people. R Harris the ‘English gentleman’ taking tea (interior shot). More library material of Mussolini with Hitler. Then over to America showing bust of Mussolini being carried away on slab, and crushed to sheet metal. CU Bust.
Keywords
Politics and government; Food and cooking; Curiosities; Arts and crafts; Propaganda; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Library
British Paramount
Card file number
43157
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
47
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mussolini Again', British Movietone News Issue No. 705, 7 Dec 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12535 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)