News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A "Grace Darling" of 1938

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
491
Date Released
31 Oct 1938
Date submitted
29 Oct 1938
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Vigilance in Jerusalem
  2. 2News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Their Majesties at Norwich
  3. 3News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: British Titles for American Chapeaux
  4. 4News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Crazy Enough for Lew Lehr
  5. 5News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: California’s Grand Canal
  6. 6News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The New York Spy Trial
  7. 7News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Cabinet Changes on Eve of Parliament
  8. 8News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: No Tugs for the "Queen Mary"
  9. 9News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: A "Grace Darling" of 1938
  10. 10News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tally-Ho - And All That
  11. 11News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Army Reliability Tests in Britain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 11
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mrs Codd and the Wreck of the Lonsdale. SHOTLIST: Mrs Codd re-enacts the story of her heroic rescue of the crew of the Lonsdale, a freighter which was wrecked off the coast of Devon. Interview with Mrs Codd, various scenes of the rescue and views of the Lonsdale.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
34726
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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