News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: From Factory to Shelter

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
505A
Date Released
9 Feb 1939
Date submitted
7 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Their Majesties at Aldershot
  2. 2News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Fashions in Advance of Royal Tour
  3. 3News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Palestine Conference
  4. 4News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Catalonian Troops Enter France
  5. 5News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Spanish Civil War Personalities
  6. 6News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: English Dancers Win at Munich
  7. 7News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Balmy Benny
  8. 8News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Snow Scooters
  9. 9News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: From Factory to Shelter
  10. 10News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Lord Chatfield Gets to Work
  11. 11News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: The Coordination of Defence

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 11
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ARP Drill in Factory in Southend. DESCRIPTION: The employees at the Ecko Radio Factory in Southend practice their ARP Drill. SHOTLIST: At the "Ecko" radio works at Southend, the siren sounds and the girls lay down the work and don their gas masks. They file into the dug-outs as aeroplanes swoop over-head. In the shelter they play darts to while away the time.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Women; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
35493
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
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