Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: American Man Power Lines Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

675A

Date Released

14 May 1942

Date submitted

May 1942

Date submitted

8 May 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Royal West Country Tour
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Film Stars’ War Effort
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: American Man Power Lines Up
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Home from Malta
5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Growing Confident - Mr Churchill
6. *Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: League Cup Final

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Man Power (13,000,000). DESCRIPTION: In America men between the ages of eighteen and sixty four have to register for national service. They are signing up in their millions, even the President has signed on the dotted line. SHOTLIST: 1. Statue super imposed, representing man-power. 2. Shots of signing. General view of men lined-up. 3. Men make "V" sign. 4. Legionaires Parade. 5. CUs of different types who registered, including. Chinese man with big nose, man with pipe, etc. 6. Mayor La Guardia registers. CU. 7. Shot of flag. Stars and Stripes. 8. Interior shots of registrar. 9. Shot of San Francisco City Hall. 10. CU of men registering. 11. Sergeant York walks into camera. Registers. CU of him registering. 12. General view of the capital, Washington. 13. Production Minister, Donald M Nelson registers. CU. 14. Senator Henderson registers. CU. 15. Paul V McNutt registers. 16. Roosevelt registers. CU 17. Hand in fish bowl. 18. Soldiers marching. 19. Men going to steel mill. 20. Doctor working on patient. 21. Men working on shell. 22. CU of farm labourer. 23. Men working.

Keywords

Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Weapons; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Military; Newsreels

Footage sources

United States of America
British Paramount

Card file number

42278

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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