Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: King and Queen See Balloon Barrage

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
542A
Date Released
26 Oct 1939
Date submitted
20 Oct 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: War Secretary’s Pungent Speech
  2. 2Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Home Training
  3. 3Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Air Secretary in France
  4. 4Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: King and Queen See Balloon Barrage
  5. 5Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: His Majesty and New Militia
  6. 6Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Stockholm Conference
  7. 7Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Our Gracie at Concert Party

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Reviews the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King and Queen With the Balloon Barrage. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties visit a Unit of Balloon Command. SHOTLIST: Their Majesties visit the balloon barrage where they see the various phases of the work and inspect equipment and men. The Queen shows great interest in a carrier-bicycle in which food is taken round to the various units.
Keywords
Royalty; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Weapons; Aviation; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37650
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
28
Story extras:
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