Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: American "VC" for Ploesti Raider
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American "VC" for Ploesti Raider. DESCRIPTION: Colonel Johnson received the Congressional Medal of Honour from Colonel Devers at an East Anglian airfield. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Elevated shot of parade, with Liberator amongst them. GS of Colonel Johnson saluting, General Devers placing Congressional Medal round Johnson’s neck. CU Johnson & CU Medal. Colonel Johnson escorts Devers & Eaker, in an inspection of air crews who took part in the Ploesti raid. Johnson shows them his record of raids, painted on side of the fuselage.
- Keywords
- Displays; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military; Awards and honours
- Locations
- East Anglia
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 44289
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John W. Cotter
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 61
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: American "VC" for Ploesti Raider', British Movietone News Issue No. 756, 29 Nov 1943. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12921 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)