Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: General Weygand in Egypt

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
559
Date Released
19 Feb 1940
Date submitted
16 Feb 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Safety First is Still National Issue
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: US Skaters Vie for Championship Titles
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Finland Mix Fighting with Propaganda
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: General Weygand in Egypt
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: That Song Again
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Welsh Guards’ New Colours
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Thumbs Up, Exeter!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Weygand in Egypt. DESCRIPTION: The French Commander in the East meets General Wavell in Cairo. SHOTLIST: General Weygand arrives by plane and is greeted by HE Hassan Abdel Wahab Pasha, M de Witasse and General Sir Archibald Wavell. There is a great parade of tanks and on the tribune is Lady Miles Lampson. General Weygand chats with Prince Mohammed Ali.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government; Vehicles; Aviation; Ceremonies; Military
Footage sources
France
Card file number
38248
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
30
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 161 times.