Title:BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 786 (26 JUNE 1944) [Main Title]
Film Number:NMV 786
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Summary:
Description: I. "Killing the flying bomb." Commentary belittles the importance of flying bombs, describing them as "relics of the waning power of the Nazi air force." Film shows a V1 lying in a field in Southern England, before covering a bomb attack on the launching sites and assembly sheds carefully concealed by woods in the Pas de Calais area. V1s which reach England are often shot down.
II. "RAF flying artillery." Germany's "indiscriminate" method of aerial attack is contrasted with the RAF's new weapon, the rocket-firing Typhoon. Rockets are attached to the wings of planes which take off and strafe ground-targets in Occupied Europe.
III. "Cherbourg drive." Plan to cut Cotentin Peninsula has been successful; RN vessels pound the German positions as American forces press on through devastated villages, including Quineville, and prisoners are marched off. Tank reinforcements come ashore from LSTs.
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NMV 786
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-06-26
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: 738 ft; Running time: 8 mins
