Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Men of Arnhem
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
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 The Airborne Forces had put up a terrific fight against heavy odds and withdrawn at night through enemy lines.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:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 77
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How to cite this record
'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)