Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Branch for Land Army

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
647
Date Released
27 Oct 1941
Date submitted
13 Oct 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sabotage in USA
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Malaya’s Intensive War Production
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: New Branch for Land Army
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sportsmen Form Hg Cavalry
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Stiff Training for Our New Model Army
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Soviet Spirit Unbreakable

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girls’ Forestry Corps. DESCRIPTION: The first all women Forestry Corps is under taking the work of timber production. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the girls of this special branch of the Land Army at work. They handle axes and saws and fell trees in expert fashion.
Keywords
Environment; Forestry; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
41426
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
35
Story extras:
Film clip

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