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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Her Majesty Honours Land Army

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
862A
Date Released
13 Dec 1945
Date submitted
10 Dec 1945
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cambodia Celebrates with a Boat Race
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Wastage of War
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Her Majesty Honours Land Army
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Waterloo Bridge Officially Opened
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nuremberg Highlights
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "A Woman’s Job"

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Women’s Land Army. DESCRIPTION: In recognition of the hard and valuable work during the war, members of the Women’s Land Army met the Queen at the Mansion House, London. SHOTLIST: KS Interior - Queen enters the above. Women’s Land Army girls all standing. Queen walks to the stage. Cut-ins of WLA girls. Queen presents arm-bands to all those who have done six years service or more, various shots of presentations. Queen says "I cannot present you all with arm-bands so would you who have served six years please place them on your arms", cut-in WLA girls placing same on their arms. Queen then asks everybody to sit and she addresses them, thanking them and offering her gratitude etc.
Keywords
Royalty; Women
Locations
London; Mansion House
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
46288
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
97
Story extras:

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