Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Anderson Shelter Stands Up to It

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
579A
Date Released
11 Jul 1940
Date submitted
Jul 1940
Date submitted
9 Jul 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Jewels for Great Red Cross Sale
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Aid Instruction for Mass Classes
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Anderson Shelter Stands Up to It
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: His Majesty Meets New Zealanders
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Canadian Air Marshal VC Reviews Cadets
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: G-Men Automatic Guns for Home Defence
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: More Allied Troops Join Our Arms
  8. 8Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: More Successes for Submarine "Snapper"
  9. 9Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Some of the Ships Hitler Didn’t Get
  10. 10Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Britain’s First Line of Defence

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Raid at Swilly (Censored). DESCRIPTION: During a recent raid a bomb collapsed a house but the Anderson shelter a few yards away protected it’s occupants. SHOTLIST: Swilly must not be mentioned. Shots of the wrecked houses. The main part of the story is, however, the undamaged Anderson shelter in the garden where the inhabitants went for safety and found it.
Keywords
Safety devices; War damage; Civil defence; Censorship
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
39317
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
32
Story extras:
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