Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Growing Confident - Mr Churchill

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
675A
Date Released
14 May 1942
Date submitted
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

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Churchill Broadcasts. DESCRIPTION: Having served two years as Prime Minister, Mr Churchill choose the occasion to make a broadcast. SHOTLIST: A story made up from Library material illustrating Mr Churchill’s broadcast. He says amongst other things, that the Germans "can go out into the fields watch the home fires burning". The story starts with Churchill on his way to the house, the shot in which the girl selling flags in the background. A library shot of him entering the BBC studio and CU at the "mike". Shots of artillery firing, tanks, goods on train, shots taken from the underground magazine story. Gun manufacture. Mass shot of tanks (the famous shot). Bomb train - Stirling flying - interior shot of pilot at controls - good shots of bombs dropping - stills of Rostock and Lubeck. Night shot of fire blazing. Churchill walking through crowd waving hat - through blitz ruins - twirling hat on stick etc. In extra scenes are various decent shots including a Wellington taking off.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; Business and commerce; Fundraising; Industry and manufacture; Broadcasting; War damage; Military
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
42294
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
168
Story extras:
Film clip

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