Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Last of Europe’s "Butcher"
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Last of Europe’s "Butcher". DESCRIPTION: After being arrested Heinrich Himmler committed suicide by taking cyanide. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Shot of house. GV of bay window; room where Himmler took poison. Interior shot shows Himmler dead on floor, with towels, water scattered around him, also standing guard a British soldiers. CU phial of poison. Various shots of Himmler’s body including close-ups of the face, cut-in of American & British officers inspecting same. Finish on CU Himmler’s face. Himmler’s body moves!!!
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Death; Crime; Military
- Locations
- Luneburg
- Footage sources
- Army Film Unit
Pathe
- Card file number
- 45810
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 53
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Last of Europe’s "Butcher"', British Movietone News Issue No. 835, 4 Jun 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13470 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)