Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 735 (5 JULY 1943) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 735
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Summary:
Description: I. "Argentine revolt." Riot scenes in the main street of Buenos Aires, with a bus being tipped over and set alight and military vehicles and the police in evidence, as the people rebel against the policy of "prudent neutrality" (pro-Axis) of President Castillo. This successful Army revolt installs a new regime under General Ramirez, seen on a balcony acknowledging applause.
II. "Air War takes toll." Increasing importance of air strikes against the enemy is illustrated by aerial film of three separate USAAF attacks: on a U-Boat base, on the Italian mainland and islands and against a Japanese ship in the Pacific. During the first incident a lone (unidentified) biplane is visible above the bombers which fly through heavy flak. Two Liberators make spectacular crash-landings, one skilfully pancaking and the other bouncing and slewing round before crashing in a cloud of dust.
III. "Premier's Guildhall speech." Winston Churchill, with wife and daughters Mary and Sarah, drives by carriage to Guildhall, where the City of London Home Guard parades. After receiving the Freedom of the City. Churchill speaks, describing the war as being for the freedom and progress of mankind, referring to the "exterminating force" of the Allied air offensive and concluding "We demand unconditional surrender."
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 735
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1943-07-05
Production Country: GB
Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (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: 697 ft; Running time: 8 mins
