News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: General Gamelin at Strasbourg

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

488

Date Released

10 Oct 1938

Date submitted

7 Oct 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: British Legion Police for Czechoslovakia
2. 2News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: General Gamelin at Strasbourg
3. 3News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Sir Harold MacMichael Home
4. 4News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Iraq Foreign Minister in London
5. 5News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: London’s Balloon Barrage
6. 6News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Mercury Just Fails in Record Attempt
7. 7News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Prunella Stack and Wedding Gift
8. 8News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Henry Cotton Beats Three Lady Golfers
9. 9News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Golf Practice in Australia
10. 10News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Attleborough Turkey Market
11. 11News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Lew Lehr on a Trip to Paris

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 11

Section Title

News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Gamelin Reviews Troops. SHOTLIST: General Gamelin, accompanied by General Hering drives through the streets, acclaimed by thousands of people lining the route. Then the General takes the salute at a march past of 25,000 troops who man the Maginot Line. Many of the soldiers have tri-colour flowers attached to their bayonets.

Keywords

Weapons; Horticulture; Ceremonies; Military

Footage sources

France

Card file number

34531

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

32

Story extras:

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