Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Order of the Day on the Eastern Front

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
789
Date Released
17 Jul 1944
Date Other
Jul 1944
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Order of the Day on the Eastern Front. DESCRIPTION: The liberation of one Soviet town after another is now being accomplished. Tarnapol, a strong German position to the east of Lvov, was liberated by the First Ukrainian Army under Marshal Joukov. The Soviet forces are driving forward at a rate of 20 miles a day, into Latvia and Lithuania. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. LS Tarnapol. Mix to ruins & pan. Map of Tarnapol & surrounding areas, in Russian. Diagramatical description of encirclement. Shots of artillery fire on plains, many guns at all angles. GS of shells bursting. Tanks pass through town. Artillery brought up in town, General uses stereoscope. Mortars firing, from midst ruins, also artillery. Ruins, dead lie about streets, SCU of artillery breech as gun fires. Machine gunning snipers from window, various shots of street fighting. Hand grenade thrown in window, small explosion. Soldier on balcony throws another, machine guns same, then climbs through window. More shots street fighting and dead. Many KO German guns & heavy artillery. Refugees exit caves, with cows etc. Walk through streets of Tarnapol. Shots of long lines of German prisoners.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Death; Science and technology; Displaced persons; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Animals; Military
Locations
Poland; Tarnopol
Footage sources
Ministry of Information
Card file number
44954
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
270
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Order of the Day on the Eastern Front', British Movietone News Issue No. 789, 17 Jul 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13164 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)