GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: NGB 1146).

Synopsis

I. "The Seven Seas": HMS Duke of York sinks the Scharnhorst. The RAF's Coastal command in action. Bomber Command sinks the Tirpitz.

II. "The Far East Front": Americans land on the Marshall Islands, General MacArthur retakes the Philippines. British Fourteenth Army in Burma is a tribute to the work of General Wingate, who died in a plane crash.

III. "The Russian Front": The Red Army advances from Leningrad, Kiev, and the Crimea to Finland, Warsaw, and Budapest. Churchill meets Stalin…

 

Titles

  • GAUMONT-BRITISH NEWS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
11 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
959 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB