RAIDERS PASSED A SIDELIGHT ON THE EPIC OF MALTA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 333590).

Synopsis

PROPAGANDA. Tribute to the people of Malta in World War II by Cadbury's who supply the island's children with vitamin enriched chocolate.

Censor's certificate. (8) Titles. (17) LS town. (20) MS crocodile of children with their teacher running for cover under a stone gateway. (25) HAS people in streets running for cover. (28) Wardens run alongside a building. (32) Men running along a street. (35) Shots of planes mid air and bombs exploding on the ground. (45) MCU four spitfires mid-air. (50) MCU as a man in uniform exchanges a tin helmet for his peaked cap. (54) MS bomb damaged ruins (57) and people emerging from their shelters as the all clear is sounded. (63) MS children file out of a church. (69) MS two children push a cart down a street strewn with rubble. (73) Children play on a bombsite. (77) MS family group around a cooking pot amidst the rubble. (84) MS convoy of ships at sea. (91) MS ship entering Valletta harbour. (94) Crowds on the quayside. (97) Shots of sacks and crates being unloaded are intercut with a shot of children playing. (113) MS truck en route (117) for the distribution centre where it is unloaded. (118) MLS children queue (125) CU mother and child are given a bar of chocolate. (131) The queue moves forward (135) MCU soldier hands a bar of chocolate each to two young girls. (145) CU as they eat, smiling. (157) HAS Valletta with s.i.t.: A tribute to the people of Malta from Cadbury's. (167)

 

Titles

  • RAIDERS PASSED A SIDELIGHT ON THE EPIC OF MALTA
 

Technical Data

Year:
1943
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Footage:
167 ft
 

Production Credits

Sponsor
Cadbury Brothers