Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Strafing the Reich
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strafing the Reich (Shelling Across the Rhine). DESCRIPTION: The occupation of Strasbourg enables the Americans to concentrate artillery fire on the German town of Kehl just across the Rhine. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of enemy-held bank of the Rhine at ?. LS of shell bursts on opposite bank, explosions also in river & near wrecked bridges. CU British soldier looking through periscope from building. Various shots of Americans firing medium artillery, also mortars, & shots of shells bursting on targets. The towns being Strasbourg & Kehl.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Weapons; War damage; Military
- Locations
- Germany; River Rhine
- Footage sources
- APS
FAFU
- Card file number
- 45385
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 82
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Strafing the Reich', British Movietone News Issue No. 812, 25 Dec 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13328 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)