Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Clearing War Legacies

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
862
Date Released
10 Dec 1945
Date submitted
3 Dec 1945
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blowing Up Wrecks. DESCRIPTION: The Mersey river has scores of wrecks as the result of German mining activities. The work has now begun to clear them and divers are being used to place the explosives. SHOTLIST: KS GV wreck-ship. GV wreck buoy. Men unloading cases of gelatine from side of ship. Diver prepares to descend; descending and emerging. Taking down cases of explosives. Detonating explosives, two explosion. Seagulls fly around in hundreds await dead fish.
Keywords
Weapons; Military
Locations
Mersey River
Card file number
46265
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
76
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Clearing War Legacies', British Movietone News Issue No. 862, 10 Dec 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13646 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)