Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 770A (9 MARCH 1944) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 770 A
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Summary:
Description: I. "Combined hops." Two couples dressed as Uncle Sam and Britannia, and John Bull and Liberty, highlight the purpose of a dance at Winchester. Cementing of Anglo-American relations continues on the dance floor and also behind a curtain, pulled back to reveal a couple embracing.
II. "China's Army in South-East Asia." Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife are seen together with Mountbatten in a jeep somewhere in the jungle. The Chinese leader stands before a microphone addressing his troops (no sound), later seen "in action" (artillery, rifle fire), receiving US supplies from the air, and being decorated by General Stilwell.
III. "Leningrad and Kiev freed." Brief views of Leningrad after the raising of the siege; launching of a high-speed naval craft on the Neva. Fuller coverage of the liberation of Kiev includes aerial view of the city and final stages of fighting (under General Vatutin), with buildings ablaze and cavalrymen racing by. Citizens hug their liberators while others, grief-stricken, weep. Ruins of the university, station, monastery and cathedral devastated by the Germans. Guns in Moscow fire a night salute.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 770 A
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-03-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Chiang Kai-shek (person)
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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: 680 ft; Running time: 8 mins
