Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 10
- Section Title
- Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser. DESCRIPTION: HMS Amphion becomes HMS Perth. SHOTLIST: The Duchess of Kent visits Portsmouth to rename the cruiser HMS "Amphion" the HMAS "Perth". Mr SM Bruce welcomes her and after a short speech she draws away a covering revealing the ships crest. The name boards are changed and the lifebelts and talley-bands also.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Navy; Military; Launchings
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 37010
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Commentator
- Thomas Woodroffe
- Length of story (in feet)
- 49
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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: The Duchess of Kent Renames Cruiser', British Movietone News Issue No. 527A, 13 Jul 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10065 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)