Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Man to the Rescue
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- British Movietone News
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Story
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- 1 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men to the Rescue. DESCRIPTION: In America engineers have to rescue a porcupine and a buck from an aqueduct. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of motor (rather ancient) van being driven through viaduct, travelling shot into camera. GS of porcupine in viaduct, being assisted by Engineers, & lifted out of same. Motor car drives on farther along the viaduct can be seen a buck, it starts to run away, but realises it can’t get out of water viaduct. GS of four prong buck with its legs tied, being lifted out of viaduct & set free. Buck runs off across country.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Animals; Engineering
- Footage sources
- United Newsreels
- Card file number
- 44440
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 60
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Man to the Rescue', British Movietone News Issue No. 762, 10 Jan 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12965 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)