Armistice Day 1936: Spoken by Leslie Mitchell

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

388A

Date Released

12 Nov 1936

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pageantry
2. 2Reports: Barricades in Madrid
3. 3Reports: France - Fox hounds blessed
4. 4Reports: Fred Perry turns professional
5. 5Reports: New Motor Rail car
6. 6US Elections
7. 7Armistice Day 1936: Spoken by Leslie Mitchell

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Armistice Day. DESCRIPTION: The scenes in Whitehall as King Edward leads the nations remembrance. SHOTLIST: King Edward lays wreath at the Cenotaph. Shot of the personalities at same. Montage sequence. Big Ben at 11. People as in thought. Pan around crowd and traffic at standstill etc. Great War scenes. Shell burst. Troops marching. Night shots marching with shell flashes on horizon. Marching into trenches. Night shots. Elevated shot of cemetery and shot of large monument ?? Ypres or Vimy. Shot of King George V at the front in the Great War. Close shot of grave stones. Elevated pan shot around crowds. Cenotaph and the balconies, down to Cenotaph scene. Elevated shot of crowd. Shot of Italians marching in Abyssinia. Shot of miners throwing dynamite in Spanish fighting. Italian boys marching. British fighter planes lined up with propellers turning. French soldiers marching. German troops marching. French troops march with bayonets. Tank manoeuvres. Wipe sequence of plane formation and bombs falling, gas alarm practice. Shot of various statues included Peace ?? Shot of Whitehall and the armistice ceremony. Veterans marching past. Also elevated shot of same.

Keywords

Royalty; Commemorations; War veterans; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Children; Weapons; Aviation; Death; Mining; Ceremonies; War damage; Military; Newsreels

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4879

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

258

Story extras:

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