Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Gaol-Breakers
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAF Gaol-Breakers. DESCRIPTION: RAF film of the unique raid on the prison at Amiens has now been released. Mosquitos of the 2nd Tactical Air Force breached the prison walls and destroyed the prison-guard quarters. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS Pan of aerodrome shows lines of Mosquitos. Ground crew bomb-up. Various shots of crews preparing to board planes. CU Group Captain Pickard, (he was killed in this mission). Various shots of Mosquitos taking off. Mosquitos fly low over misty sea, later shot after mist was cleared. Map of France, shows route Mosquitos took. Aerial shot of French coast. Model of Amiens prison, the target. Aerial shot of prison, the ground in covered with snow. Amiens prison on fire; great palls of smoke rise. Various shots of breaches in walls, various stills of prison, showing damage.
- Keywords
- Weather; Environment; Aviation; War damage; Military
- Locations
- Amiens
- Footage sources
- Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
- Card file number
- 45232
- Credits:
-
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 190
-
Film clip
• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- AP Archive
- info@aparchive.com
- Web
- http://www.movietone.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7482 7482
- Series held
- View all series held by AP Archive
How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Gaol-Breakers', British Movietone News Issue No. 804A, 2 Nov 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13268 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)