Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Rundstedt’s Push

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
813
Date Released
1 Jan 1945
Date submitted
28 Dec 1944
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rundstedt’s Push. DESCRIPTION: Film captured from a German cameraman shows the German counter-offensive on the Western Front. By the time these pictures were received in London the news was better although it was too early to say that Rundstedt had been defeated. SHOTLIST: Cut story - German troops (infantry) advance along roads & through woods, passing burning American vehicles, jeeps, transport etc., German mobile guns firing at American lines from open field. Groups of German soldiers smoking captured US cigarettes, cigars, also chewing gum. Royal Tiger tanks move along road & over fields. German infantry follow. Destroyed 7.5 American anti-tank gun. The CO Sturmbannfuhrer Knittel, walks along road with another officer unnamed. This is German material captured on the field, being shot by a German newsreel cameraman.
Keywords
Vehicles; Weather; Environment; Weapons; Fires; War damage; Occupied territories; Military; Newsreels
Locations
Malmedy
Footage sources
APS
Card file number
45398
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
145
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Rundstedt’s Push', British Movietone News Issue No. 813, 1 Jan 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13334 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)