Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Eire Border Check-Up

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

773

Date Released

27 Mar 1944

Date submitted

22 Mar 1944

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eire Border Check-Up. DESCRIPTION: Restrictions on movement across the Irish border have been tightened up in the interest of security of the North. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of docks, shows component parts of planes unloaded. Including fuselages of Lightnings. Shot of crane lifting fuselage. Towed along quay. GV of Belfast - Dublin train pulling into station. American & Custom officer inspect identity etc. Interior of train, inspecting identity. Previous to this is shot of lines of army vehicles parked in a nearby park. Guard blows whistle, train pulls out. Also of road, Military Police check traffic entering Northern Ireland. MP on motor cycle checks up on Army traffic. Another MP turns back RAF & Army personnel trying to cross frontier.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Railways; Industry and manufacture; Espionage; Crime; Military

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

44668

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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