Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Despite the Tragedy Many Frenchmen Will Fight On

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
577A
Date Released
27 Jun 1940
Date submitted
24 Jun 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: French Government Capitulates
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Are We All Doing Everything We Can?
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Navy Trains against Parachutist Menace
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Despite the Tragedy Many Frenchmen Will Fight On
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: And the Dominions Are with Us
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: 'This Was Their Finest Hour’

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Frenchmen Fight on General de Gaulle in London. DESCRIPTION: General de Gaulle comes forward as champion of his countrymen. The men of the French Colonies rally to the cause. SHOTLIST: Two shots of General de Gaulle. He leaves his office and gets into a taxi with the Houses of Parliament as a background. With the above were used library shots of French Colonial Troops and pictures of French troops in England.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Transport; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
39245
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
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