Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ra Motor Transport Instruction School

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
623
Date Released
12 May 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Springboks Capture Italian Somaliland
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ra Motor Transport Instruction School
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Britain’s Flying Army

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RA Motor Transport Instruction School. DESCRIPTION: The training of our new army at home, continues with great zeal. At the Royal Artillery Motor Transport School instruction is given on various forms of transport. SHOTLIST: Motor-cyclists ride over rough country. Armoured gun tractors are driven and stakes are driven into the ground in order that a lorry can draw itself up an insurmountable hill. The Bren carrier is also there, traversing all kinds of country.
Keywords
Education and training; Vehicles; Environment; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40782
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:
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