Unlucky Tommies Miss Christmas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

99A

Date Released

21 Dec 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Winston Churchill Arrives to Lecture
2. 2Australian Air Mail Plane Crashes
3. 3Crack Riders Give Fearless Display
4. 4Unlucky Tommies Miss Christmas

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: First Battalion Middlesex Regiment Embark. DESCRIPTION: 1st Bttn. Middlesex Regiment embark on troopship at Southampton bound for the Promised Land. SHOTLIST: Tommies all carrying kit, including pith helmets board gangway of ship. Rifles passed along. Spectators on quayside wave and cheer as the troopship moves off.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Weapons; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1576

Length of story (in feet)

126

Story extras:

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