News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Vivid Scenes During Bombing on Canton

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
473A
Date Released
30 Jun 1938
Date submitted
27 Jun 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 10
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bombing of Canton. SHOTLIST: Thousands scatter as Japanese bombers fly over Canton and drop their bombs on the city, aiming mainly at the railway station. The hospitals are crowded to capacity and Canton’s Governor tours the bed of the sick and injured. No shots of bombs falling or else shots of planes. Bombs burst in distance. Wreckage scenes.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Aviation; Railways; Fires; War damage; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
33698
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
64
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Vivid Scenes During Bombing on Canton', British Movietone News Issue No. 473A, 30 Jun 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8957 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)