Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

527A

Date Released

13 Jul 1939

Date submitted

7 Jul 1939

Date submitted

11 Jul 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: The King Goes to Greenwich
2. 2Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser
3. 3Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Fleet at San Francisco
4. 4Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Canada’s Day at World’s Fair
5. 5Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Aviation Meeting at Brussels
6. 6Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Polish Ambassador Flies to Britain
7. 7Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Iraq’s Young King
8. 8Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Never Too Young to Graduate
9. 9Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Pamplona Back to Normal
10. 10Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Boxing Under Water (Described by Thomas Woodrooffe)
11. *Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Lord Mayor of London Pays a Visit to Harrogate

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 10

Section Title

Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser. DESCRIPTION: HMS Amphion becomes HMS Perth. SHOTLIST: The Duchess of Kent visits Portsmouth to rename the cruiser HMS "Amphion" the HMAS "Perth". Mr SM Bruce welcomes her and after a short speech she draws away a covering revealing the ships crest. The name boards are changed and the lifebelts and talley-bands also.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Navy; Military; Launchings

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

37010

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Commentator

Thomas Woodroffe

Length of story (in feet)

49

Story extras:

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