Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Dominions Axemen Make a Big Chop
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 8 / 11
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Log Chopping Contest. DESCRIPTION: Axemen from New Zealand and Australian Forestry Units travelled to Cirencester to hold a competition. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the tree felling contest for Aussie soldiers. The men sharpen their axes and one tests it on his arm. Sapper Grundy won the Standing Chop. Sapper Matkin won the tree felling.
- Keywords
- Sport; Competitions; Forestry; Military
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 41244
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 59
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