Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Curtin Opens War Loan Drive

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
671
Date Released
12 Apr 1942
Date Other
Apr 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Curtin Opens War Loan Drive
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Premier’s Brick
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British Corvette for Free Belgians
  4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Arab Prince Visits Middle East
  5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: General Auchinleck Greets Heroic Indian Brigade
  6. 6Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Battle of Burma Communications

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Speech By PM Curtin. DESCRIPTION: Australia’s Prime Minister visits Sydney to inaugurate a twenty-million pound War Loan drive. SHOTLIST: Australia’s Prime Minister speaks informally at Sydney, at the launching of the Commonwealth’s 113 million dollar War loan drive. Commentary: Australia’s Labour Prime Minister, John Curtin, visited Sydney to inaugurate a twenty-million pound War loan drive. As we know, he is not in the habit of ‘beating about the bush’ and his impromptu remarks on this occasion were typically frank. Speech: The full cabinet today directed the war cabinet to get the necessary regulations for the complete mobilisation and the complete ordering of all the resources - human and material - in this Commonwealth, for the defence of this Commonwealth. That means clearly and specifically that every human being in this country is now whether he or she likes it at the service of the Government to work in the defence of Australia.
Keywords
Politics and government; Fundraising
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
42131
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
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