News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British Gunboat Hit on Yangtze

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
496
Date Released
5 Dec 1938
Date submitted
2 Dec 1938
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 10
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scenes in Changsha and HMS Sandpiper. SHOTLIST: In the city of Changsha an air raid alarm is sounded and people carrying children and their worldly possessions rush from the scene of terror. On the river. Chinese junks and the steamer "Lungchow" have been sunk but the HMS Sandpiper, a British gunboat, was only slightly hit as the captain Lt Comm WEJ Eames, shows.
Keywords
Ships and boats; War damage; Navy; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
34984
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
36
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British Gunboat Hit on Yangtze', British Movietone News Issue No. 496, 5 Dec 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9466 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)