The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Momentous Pictures of the Munich Bomb Drama

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
548
Date Released
4 Dec 1939
Date submitted
28 Nov 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Russia Invades Finland
  2. 2The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Brilliant Opening of Parliament in Cairo
  3. 3The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Rawalpindi’s Small Band of Survivors
  4. 4The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Poland’s Modern Destroyer
  5. 5The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Making and Testing Torpedoes
  6. 6The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Another Dornier Victim of RAF
  7. 7The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Momentous Pictures of the Munich Bomb Drama

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Section Title
The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Munich Bomb Outrage. DESCRIPTION: The wreckage of the Beer Hall where the bomb went off only fifteen minutes after Hitler and the Nazi Chiefs had left. SHOTLIST: Shots of the wrecked Beer House. Rudolph Hess attends the funerals and with him is Streicher. Later Hitler arrives and lays a wreath on each flag-draped coffin and talks with the bereaved.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Terrorism; Crime; Accidents and disasters; Funerals; Assassinations
Footage sources
France
Hage Films
Card file number
37846
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
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