Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 834 (28 MAY 1945) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 834
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Summary: Incomplete newsreel issue.
Description: I. "Transport - the hard way." Chinese labourers haul on ropes towing a boat up through rapids in a mountainous district of China. The boat allegedly contains war supplies.
II. "The U-Boats come in." Scenes of various U-Boats in British waters after having surrendered. Off Weymouth, a U-Boat ties up alongside a drifter (Polish sailors guard the crew) and is later seen sailing under the White Ensign up the Thames before berthing at Westminster. Other U-Boats enter Loch Eriboll near Cape Wrath, where their own crews demilitarise them under supervision, throwing ammunition and armaments overboard. A large cargo-carrying vessel, U-532, allegedly on its way with a 50000 lb cargo from Japan when it surrendered, is seen in the Gladstone Dock at Liverpool. Admiral Sir Max Horton, Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, goes aboard a U-Boat in the River Foyle at Londonderry. Commentary concludes by stressing the need for Allied unity so that "never again must the Huns be in a position to threaten civilisation with this or any other weapon."
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 834
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-05-28
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 498 ft; Running time: 6 mins
