The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Night Scot Wrecked

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
541
Date Released
16 Oct 1939
Date submitted
14 Oct 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Prime Minister of Rumania Buried
  2. 2The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Dutch Minesweeper Destroyed
  3. 3The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Baltic Problems
  4. 4The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: HMS Royal Oak Sunk
  5. 5The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Night Scot Wrecked
  6. 6The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Town Plate
  7. 7The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Lord Mayor with City Troops
  8. 8The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Canadian Air Expansion
  9. 9The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Australia Spreads Her Wings
  10. 10The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Western Front in Close Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 10
Section Title
The War Time Situation at Home & Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Night Scot Wrecked. DESCRIPTION: Two parts of the London-Scottish Express were in collision near Bletchley. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the wreckage piled up in a station after two night expresses - one of them the "Night Scot" crashed head on. The scene is rendered more desolate by the downpour of rain.
Keywords
Weather; Railways; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37596
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
23
Story extras:
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