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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scunthorpe Squatters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
896
Date Released
5 Aug 1946
Date submitted
25 Jul 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Primate on Palestine Situation
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Wilhelmina’s Gift of Horses
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scunthorpe Squatters
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Inter-State Beauty Contest
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Holiday Run-About of the Air
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Nursery Fashions

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scunthorpe Squatters. DESCRIPTION: A disused Army Camp has been taken over by families urgently in need of housing. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Pan of disused military camp. GV disused gun-site. Trucking shot avenue of through Nissen huts. Woman hangs out washing on line. Man mends his cycle. MS several of men who have taken law into their own hands seated at table in open. James Fielding speaks on subject. CU of him, over his speech are cut-ins of Nissen hut with straw in same. Sheep grazing in field. Family carry furniture towards hut which they have occupied. Several shots of water tower which supplies power for electricity. Women, men and children carry all types of utensils, baths etc. to get water in. Councillor Abraham speaks on subject.
Keywords
Social conditions
Locations
Lincolnshire
Card file number
47251
Credits:
Camera
J. L. Ramsden
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
195
Story extras:

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