Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Plough at War - By Donald McCullough (Of the BBC Brains Trust)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
707
Date Released
21 Dec 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Cooks"
  2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tunisia Battle Front (Latest Pictures)
  3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Plough at War - By Donald McCullough (Of the BBC Brains Trust)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plough at War Special. DESCRIPTION: Big new tractors are making swift work of ploughing and after three years of war we are producing two thirds of the food we eat. The Women’s Land Army is three times the size it was during the last war and many parks, common land, golf and race courses have been ploughed and yield crops. SHOTLIST: Aerial view of country, showing what a marvellous harvest we’ve had. Ploughs LS tilling the ground. Cut-in Paul Wyand eating large meal. Looking through ‘navigators view’ as plane lands on aerodrome (Lancaster). Taken from Sky Giant. Hay-cart passes along road, in foreground barbed wire of aerodrome. Bomb holes in fields. Line of ploughs in field, also group of same at market place. Night shot of Land Army girl working plough. Night shot of several working in line. Ministry of Agriculture sent men to claim all the ground possible, he’s seen walking across field with farmer. Group walking into camera & SV come to fence which they lean on, commence talking (silent). Soldier walking out of camera down road with arm round girl. Excavators working on swampy ground. Mussolini talking (silent) into mike stripped to the waist, people standing each side of him.
Keywords
Organisations; Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Food and cooking; Women; Environment; Aviation; Agriculture; Business and commerce; Horses; Newspapers; War damage; Propaganda; Civil defence; Animals; Engineering; Military; Cameramen; Newsreels
Card file number
43207
Credits:
Camera
Alfred A. Tunwell
Camera
John W. Cotter
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
371
Story extras:
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