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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hitler Haggles over Prisoners

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
644A
Date Released
9 Oct 1941
Date submitted
Oct 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hitler Haggles over Prisoners
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mass Victory Launchings
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Commanders in Conference
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Protects Egypt by Night
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Navy Brings in a U-Boat
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A Popular Match
  7. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Locomotive Tested for Service on Electrified Railway

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: German Prisoners Almost Repatriated. DESCRIPTION: German prisoners awaiting exchange at Newhaven had to be disembarked when Germany haggled about the number of British to be handed over. SHOTLIST: Shots of the prisoners being transferred from the trains the the Hospital ships "Dinard" and "St Julien". The prisoners are exercised and German women are kept in a London garden under the supervision of a policewoman. The prisoners are later disembarked. Close-up of a nurse.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Police; Prisoners of war; Crime; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
41410
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:

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