News Pageant of Movietone: Air War and Black-Out

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

532

Date Released

14 Aug 1939

Date submitted

9 Aug 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Pageant of Movietone: The King with the Fleet
2. 2News Pageant of Movietone: Tokyo Anti-British Demonstration
3. 3News Pageant of Movietone: King Zog in Exile
4. 4News Pageant of Movietone: European and Native Displays for President
5. 5News Pageant of Movietone: Girls and Seals Sliding
6. 6News Pageant of Movietone: Sportsmen Get Busy Among the Grouse
7. 7News Pageant of Movietone: Air War and Black-Out
8. *News Pageant of Movietone: Cheerful Sparrow Beauty Contest and Charm Parade

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Section Title

News Pageant of Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Raid & Black-Out. DESCRIPTION: Fighter Pilots and Air Raid Wardens carry out rehearsals. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the fighter and bombers attacking the British Isles. On the ground various precautions are shown and at 12:30 the lights go out. Hyde Park guns are included in the cuts. FG Print - London Night shots. Illuminations. The details on this card are very vague. The actual data is unknown but there are good shots of electric trains, street scenes etc., but they are hard to identify as such (all night blackout).

Keywords

Weapons; Aviation; Civil defence; Military

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

37238

Length of story (in feet)

144

Story extras:

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