Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Explosion in Oslo

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
765A
Date Released
3 Feb 1944
Date submitted
1 Feb 1944
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Explosion in Oslo. DESCRIPTION: The explosion of ammunition being unloaded from a German freighter caused the city of Oslo to look as though it had been hit by a blitz. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various scenes of damaged buildings, ruins, remains of houses, fires still smouldering. Clearing shop windows of broken glass. Shell lying in street. LS of city shows fire smoking. A few people can be seen walking about streets. Firemen playing water on fires.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weapons; Shops and shopping; War damage; Occupied territories
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
44523
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Explosion in Oslo', British Movietone News Issue No. 765A, 3 Feb 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12997 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)