Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wilkie Concludes His Tour

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
610
Date Released
10 Feb 1941
Date submitted
5 Feb 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: All Aid to Britain Says Roosevelt
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wilkie Concludes His Tour
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: How the Railways Are Carrying On
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Corvettes - U-Boats Latest Menace
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Attack is Motto of Our New Army
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Emperor Returns to Abyssinia

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Wilkie in Liverpool Etc. DESCRIPTION: Mr Wilkie’s tour ended with visits to Liverpool and Manchester and a meeting with the King and Queen. SHOTLIST: Mr Wilkie visits Liverpool where he meets people bombed out. He visits Liverpool Cathedral with the Dean. From there he visits the Docks, and chats with dockers. He meets Lord Derby, and then goes to Manchester. Students demonstrate outside the hotel where he dined, and he greets them from the balcony. He signs autographs for them. In Piccadilly, workmen show him some burnt coins. He passes Manchester Cathedral.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Economics; Industry and manufacture; Demonstrations; War damage
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40347
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
44
Story extras:
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