Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Battle of Vilna
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- British Movietone News
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- 1 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Vilna. DESCRIPTION: Russian newsreel pictures have just reached England of last July’s capture of Vilna by the Red Army. The capital of Lithuania was taken after a fierce battle in which partisans had fought gallantly. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Russian tanks travel along road. Aerial shot of city of Vilna. Capital of Lithuania. Tanks along road, Russian signpost, tanks pass dead on side walk, artillery on move, soldiers fire mortars from wooded sector. Various shots of street fighting, more dead; using machine guns. LS Vilna, artillery on outskirts shell city, various shots. In city, several houses on fire, wounded prisoners marched through town, long lines of prisoners. Partisans return march through town headed by band, small crowds cheer them as they go through.
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Death; War damage; Prisoners of war; Military
- Footage sources
- Ministry of Information
- Card file number
- 45335
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 180
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Battle of Vilna', British Movietone News Issue No. 810, 11 Dec 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13308 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)