Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tunis Stragglers Try a "Dunkirk"
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Germans Try a "Dunkirk" A.448/1-2. DESCRIPTION: Handfuls of German soldiers out to sea in small boats in order to escape from Tunis. They were picked up by Greek and British destroyers and taken back to shore. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Tribal Class destroyer under way, also Greek destroyer. POW in rowboat, climb up side of ship. Interrogation aboard ship. CU of types, down side of ship in rowboat, rowboat entering harbour. The harbour is Sousse. Elevated shots of crowds of POW. Prisoners seated in open car, which drives off.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Prisoners of war; Navy; Military
- Locations
- Tunisia
- Footage sources
- Army Film Unit
- Card file number
- 43705
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 96
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tunis Stragglers Try a "Dunkirk"', British Movietone News Issue No. 729A, 27 May 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12711 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)