Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Acres of Headaches for the Axis

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
732A
Date Released
17 Jun 1943
Date submitted
10 Jun 1943
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Acres of Headaches for the Axis. DESCRIPTION: Somewhere in America big blockbuster bombs are being manufactured. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Women war workers, pouring glycerine into ladles, other girls pour same into bombs, fixing shell caps. Pour glycerine into containers, not bombs. Girl at control of machine which is working on a block buster. Various shots of block busters, pushing same through shop into camera. Block buster on trolley, woman kisses same. In the open various shots of thousands of block busters, & American walks between a few checking them up. A block-buster is a bomb.
Keywords
Weapons; Industry and manufacture
Footage sources
United States of America
Gaumont
Card file number
43770
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
39
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Acres of Headaches for the Axis', British Movietone News Issue No. 732A, 17 Jun 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12739 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)