Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hollandia

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
782
Date Released
29 May 1944
Date Other
May 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: Hollandia. DESCRIPTION: A heavy night bombardment was the prelude to the attack on Hollandia in New Guinea. The capture of Hollandia meant the capture of three good airfields, eleven hundred miles from the Philippines. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. LCI at dawn make for shore. Night shots of battleships firing broadsides, silhouettes of guns. Shot of dawn breaking across the sea, effective. LCI (dawn) make for the shore, with battleship in background firing guns. LCIs fire tracers at beach. Aerial shot of Liberator bombers in formation, bombs falling, & aerial shot of explosions. GV MacArthur with officers on beach, walk into camera. LCIs with B/S in background. CU LCI making shore. Smoke rises from behind beach, as men land. Various shots of landing, men on island. Map of New Guinea, MacArthur on beach. MS of MacArthur shaking hands with General Fuller.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Navy; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
OWI
Pathe
Card file number
44849
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
115
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hollandia', British Movietone News Issue No. 782, 29 May 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13125 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)