Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cherbourg - The Big Blow Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
807A
Date Released
23 Nov 1944
Date submitted
Nov 1944
Date submitted
17 Nov 1944
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Enemy Ammo. Dump Explodes. DESCRIPTION: The accidental explosion of a big dump of captured ammunition caused cameramen to rush to the scene. Every kind of explosion you could think of was going off in all directions. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV explosion. This is an ammunition dump of enemy material which has been captured. Consists wholly of small & large ammunition exploding, various shots of same. Ammunition flying in all directions.
Keywords
Weapons; Occupied territories; Accidents and disasters; Military; Newsreels
Locations
Cherbourg
Footage sources
APS
Card file number
45291
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cherbourg - The Big Blow Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 807A, 23 Nov 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13289 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)