Their Majesties at ARP Posts

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

536A

Date Released

14 Sep 1939

Date submitted

11 Sep 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Australia Wins Davis Cup
2. 2America’s View by Roosevelt
3. 3Cinemas Again
4. 4Football Also Starts
5. 5Girls Take over the Land
6. 6The Children’s New Homes
7. 7Lessons by the Briny
8. 8Duchess of Kent Makes Splints
9. 9The Queen and Red Cross
10. 10Their Majesties at ARP Posts

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King and Queen With ARP Workers. DESCRIPTION: The King and Queen see the Air Raid Precautions that have been made. SHOTLIST: The King and Queen arrive and are greeted by Sir John Anderson. They tour the shelters and meet the workers cheered by enthusiastic crowds. The King is in RAF uniform.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Civil defence

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

37400

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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