Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Carcass City

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
903
Date Released
23 Sep 1946
Date submitted
11 Sep 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin - Carcass City. DESCRIPTION: The clearing up of Berlin is a slow process and evidence of its wartime devastation can be seen everywhere. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Avenue of Victory (Siegesallee). At Olympic Stadium, torch bearer sets light to inflammable liquid. Elevated shot races being run. Crowds at stadium. Clearing rubble from ruined buildings. German women clear rubble (chain style), Avenue of Victory overgrown with weeds etc. Memorial of Hohenzollerns in Berlin’s Hyde Park. GVs of new Russian Memorial, Russian sentries on guard in Berlin’s Main Street (Kurfurstendamm) trucking shots of same, few shops having been repaired. Tilt down of cinema, poster exhibit Brief Encounter, German people queuing for same. Shots of two beer gardens in Kurfurstendamm, traffic passes along road.
Keywords
War damage
Card file number
47494
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
162
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Carcass City', British Movietone News Issue No. 903, 23 Sep 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14058 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)