News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Digging Trenches in the Parks

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

486A

Date Released

29 Sep 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Elizabeth Launched
2. 2News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Demonstrations in Prague
3. 3News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Frontier Towns in Sudeten Occupation
4. 4News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Hope and Anxiety - By Poster
5. 5News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Premier Still Persues Quest for Peace
6. 6News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Gas Mask Distribution
7. 7News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Digging Trenches in the Parks
8. 8News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: M Daladier in Paris and Downing Street
9. 9News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: French Reservists Called Up
10. 10News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Parliament Re-Called
11. 11News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Scenes at Waterloo Station
12. *News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Pipe Contest at Glasgow
13. *News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen at the Scottish Exhibition

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 11

Section Title

News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Air Raid Precautions in Horse Guards Parade. Trench Digging in St James’s Park. SHOTLIST: A mechanical digger scoops up the earth to make air raid trenches in St James’s Park.

Keywords

Environment; Civil defence; Engineering

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

34494

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

28

Story extras:

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