Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Aussies in Malaya

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
652
Date Released
1 Dec 1941
Date submitted
24 Nov 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tranquility in the Middle East
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tranquility in the Middle East
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Jap. Envoy in USA
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British and Japanese National Leave Japan
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Aussies in Malaya
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air Defenders of Singapore
  7. 7Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: America Launches Another Air Giant
  8. 8Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The "B-19" in Flight
  9. 9Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hurricane Bomber

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Senator Foll in Malaya. DESCRIPTION: Newspaper editors from Australia have been touring Malaya, together with Australia’s Minister of Information. SHOTLIST: Senator Foll, Australian ex-minister of Information, arrives by plane at Singapore with newspaper editors. The senator goes up country in a Bren Carrier. Australian troops exercise over a young rubber plantation. In Singapore a record sized troop convoy arrives. On the docks to welcome the men are Air Marshal Brooke Popham and General Bennett who commands the AIF in those parts. It is raining heavily.
Keywords
Politics and government; Mass media; Ships and boats; Weather; Environment; Aviation; Agriculture; Military
Footage sources
Ministry of Information
Card file number
41610
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:
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