Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: How Well Can You Recognise Sound

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
614
Date Released
10 Mar 1941
Date submitted
3 Mar 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: C-In-C Home Forces See Army Manoeuvres
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Clydeside Cheers Their Majesties
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: How Well Can You Recognise Sound
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Kid Evacuees Send Radio Greetings
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wilkie Tells Senate of Britain’s Needs
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Lucky Omen in Names of Our US Visitors
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Harry Hopkins Says Britain Will Win
  8. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: King & Queen

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The BBC Red Cross "Guess the Sound" Contest. DESCRIPTION: The BBC and the Red Cross are running a "Guess the Sound" Competition. SHOTLIST: Part 1. Pan GV Piccadilly Circus with traffic & statue of Eros boarded up. MS car stops in Piccadilly Circus. CU sign on windscreen ‘BBC’. CU sound recordist with microphone pan to sound engineer. CU Sign BBC. Part 2 - Edited Neg which matches story in GR 614. CU radio set. MS family armed with pens & paper writing down answers to Red Cross "Guess the Sounds" Contest. Clear Spacing this represents black sky with sound of night bomber. GV 16 chorus girls tap dancing. MS 6 chorus girls tap dancing with sound recordist in foreground. GV sound recordist Neil Munro recording Sea-Lion diving into water, he gets soaked by the splash. MS family listen to radio. 2 shots boy & girl answering quiz. MS John Snagge laying across piano stool recording commentary. MS John Snagge standing on his head to record commentary, he falls over at end. Part 3 - Cuts. Single chorus girl tap dancing. GVs 16 girls tap dancing (x3). Sequence: Chorus girls tap dancing with CUs of feet & legs from stage. MS sound recordist with microphone records girls dancing. Pan up single girl tap dancing. MS sound recordist Neil Munro at Sea-Lion’s pool (x3). MS family listening to Radio Quiz (x8). MS John Snagge laying on piano stool. MS John Snagge puts his head between his legs to record commentary (sound for this can be found in sound reel 5613). MS John Snagge standing on his head to record commentary.
Keywords
Organisations; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Health and medicine; Women; Curiosities; Competitions; Domestic life; Science and technology; Newspapers; Animals
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40446
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
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