Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Skeleton in the Cupboard

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

758A

Date Released

16 Dec 1943

Date submitted

13 Dec 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Night-Fighter Who Got Three
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Battle of Italy
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Battle of New Guinea
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Toulon Scuttling
5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Skeleton in the Cupboard

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Salvage of Succibu - Trailer - Save bones. SHOTLIST: Animation - Shots of George the ghost who lives in a brewery at Chalfont St Giles. Shots of posters outside a cinema. George sitting in the cinema watching a trailer. Non-animation - Shots of a pile of bones, tanks moving along. Bonemeal, chicks. Bones in a oven. CU bones. SHot of George getting up out of his seat. Outside cinema dustbin with ‘Bones’ on it. George floats into the bin. George floats out of the bin and looks like a bullet, seen chasing hitler. Women putting a skeleton into a bin.

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Trailer

Keywords

Salvage; Public information

Footage sources

Ministry of Information

Card file number

44355

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Story extras:

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