Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Described by Leslie Mitchell: The Weaker Sex
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Described by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Women’s Home Guard. DESCRIPTION: Members of the Women’s Home Defence are being shown just how to deal with unwanted visitors. SHOTLIST: Badge of Women’s Home Guard Defence. Lt Wood shows how to deal with unwelcome visitors. Mickey Wood & pupils. Girls practising on each other, how to throw a 14 stone Home Guard. Girl throwing Mickey Wood. All this is unarmed combat, throwing, ju-jitsu, etc. Girl walking along street, attacked at the back by bag snatcher, she immediately throws him to the ground, pick up her bag, kicks him into the gutter, walks on leaving him there. CU of girls demonstrating, also of Wood at close quarters with a girl.
- Keywords
- Education and training; Women; Civil defence; Crime; Military
- Locations
- Streatham
- Card file number
- 42780
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Hutchins
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 43
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