Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Signal is Save Warships Unlimited

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
668A
Date Released
26 Mar 1942
Date submitted
20 Mar 1942
Date submitted
23 Mar 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Russia’s Reserves
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Signal is Save Warships Unlimited

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Warships Week. DESCRIPTION: Britain needs to replace the warships lost at sea since the start of conflict, among them the great names of "Exeter", "Hood", "Ark Royal" and the "Prince of Wales". The procession in the City of London to mark Navy Week was a great and heartening show, nicely calculated to inspire the purchase of that battle fleet which London intends to pay for. SHOTLIST: Looking down Cannon Street to St Paul’s. Procession (elevated). Angle shot blitz area and St Paul’s. Angle shot blitz area and procession. Workmen and crowd (looking at RAF). Lord Mayor at St Paul’s, and also leaving with party. Crowd. Band on St Paul’s steps. Cheque for £10,000,000 handed to Lord Mayor. Close-up of cheque. Mansion House. Various shots of procession taken from Mansion House. Various shots of Nelson’s Column. Pan from Trafalgar Square to procession, Naval Unit. Army Unit. Air Force Unit. Model Ships. All big general views. This story was preceded with library shots in montage form of the various ships and aircraft carriers that have been sunk also shots of submarines in port.
Researcher Comments
Sir John Dawson Laurie; HMS Repulse; St Paul’s Cathedral
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Economics; Aviation; Fundraising; Ceremonies; War damage; Local government; Navy; Military
Card file number
42081
Credits:
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Camera
John Hutchins
Camera
John W. Cotter
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Camera
Richard Harris
Length of story (in feet)
357
Story extras:
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