Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Japan Goes to the Poll

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Series Name: British Movietone News

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Issue No.

883

Date Released

6 May 1946

Date submitted

2 May 1946

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1 / 6

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Elections. DESCRIPTION: Disturbances preceded the voting in Japan’s recent elections. SHOTLIST: TS looking down on chanting crowd with banners. MS crowd towards camera. GV crowd moving forward. CU feet marching. TS crowd pan to barricade with police on other side. GV police run as crowd break through. MS crowd jostling with police. GV crowds outside polling stations. Various shots of Japanese queuing to vote. Shots of people reading political posters etc. People enter voting places, interior shots show women casting their votes. Dropping votes in boxes.

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Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

116

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