Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Big Three at Invasion "Trial"
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Three at "Invasion" Trials. DESCRIPTION: General Eisenhower, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder and General Montgomery witness invasion exercises. SHOTLIST: Line of cars outside camp. Three flags on Monty’s car. Eisenhower, Tedder and Monty climb onto tank - inspect same. Line of Sherman tanks firing when stationary. Monty and Ike talking to US soldiers (silent). Ike Tedder and Monty inspect. CUs Eisenhower, Tedder & Montgomery. MS of Montgomery. Albemarle planes fly over camera, hundreds of parachutists dropping out & falling to earth. Various shots of trials.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
- Card file number
- 44606
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 99
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Big Three at Invasion "Trial"', British Movietone News Issue No. 769A, 2 Mar 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13028 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)