Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Germany’s Russian Offensive 1943

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
736
Date Released
12 Jul 1943
Date submitted
8 Jul 1943
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Germany’s Russian Offensive, 1943. DESCRIPTION: Hitler’s attack in Russia came just when many commentators were saying there would be German offensive this summer. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Map of Russia shows Kursk, & Oral, & neighbouring districts. Elevated shots of German tanks, down road out of camera. German troops rush across fields, explosions of heavy artillery, German tanks into camera. Heavy artillery firing. Stukas taking off in formation, & in flight, MS of undercarriage shows bomb doors open & bombs leaving plane, masses of incendiaries, & numbers of small bombs falling, hits on targets registered. Soviet soldiers crawling along the ground, under barbed wire. CU Russian officer, artillery firing, Russian soldiers pass shells, various shots of heavy artillery firing, from various positions, wooded sections, field etc. Shots of wrecked tanks. Shots of Russian artillery hit, finishing on heavy artillery firing.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Military
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
43838
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
156
Story extras:
Film clip

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