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:

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