MALTA SHOWS GORT HOW SHE TAKES IT [Main Title]

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  • Title: MALTA SHOWS GORT HOW SHE TAKES IT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 415
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  • Summary: Mute newsreel item
  • Description: Maltese street scenes. Air-raid flag hoisted. Bofors crew man their gun. LS German Raider. Flak bursts. LS bombs exploding on the city. Fire tenders. LS of dive bomber and smoke pall created by the bombing. People emerge from their shelters after the raid. Street damage. Clearing of rubble. Sir John Gort(?) leaves his office with an ADC. Second raid. Pilots climb into aircraft. LS of German raider - bomb explosions. Spitfire in the air. Bomb explosions. Wreckage of German aircraft. Bomb damage. Street crowds.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Olympic News (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 297 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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