Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Good-Byes at Sydney
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aquitania With Troops Sails Home. DESCRIPTION: The ‘Aquitania’ sails from Sydney with passenger who include sick and wounded servicemen, ex-prisoners of war and men of the AIF en route for Western Australia. SHOTLIST: KS Quayside crowded with people, Aquitania alongside, troops lean over rails, others boarding, also Red Cross nurses, naval officers and personnel. Stretcher cases taken aboard. Pan along ship, Aquitania pulling out, crowds run along quay to best advantage point. Stern of ship as it pulls out of camera. LS Aquitania with Sydney in background. MS children evacuees returning leaning over rail.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Military
- Locations
- Sydney; Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 46337
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 75
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Good-Byes at Sydney', British Movietone News Issue No. 865A, 3 Jan 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13675 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)