Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Men of Arnhem

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
800A
Date Released
5 Oct 1944
Date submitted
Oct 1944
Date submitted
2 Oct 1944
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men of Arnhem. DESCRIPTION: Major-General Urquhart, the commander of the First Airborne Division has returned home. He had been captured but escaped. The Airborne Forces had put up a terrific fight against heavy odds and withdrawn at night through enemy lines. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS General Urquhart getting out of transport plane. CU General Urquhart. Greeted by Major General PL Williams Commander US Troop Carrying Planes. MS of both conversing (in sound). CU Urquhart. The above is in England. At the German/Dutch border, not far from Arnhem. Various shots, pans and close-ups of the men who returned from Arnhem. CUs of types. Various groups.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Weapons; Aviation; Transport; Displaced persons; War damage; Prisoners of war; Occupied territories; Engineering; Military
Footage sources
APS
Army Film Unit
British Paramount
Pathe
Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
Card file number
45149
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Men of Arnhem', British Movietone News Issue No. 800A, 5 Oct 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13237 (Accessed 12 Jun 2025)