News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Alan Howland. Sports Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: ARP Efficiency at New Southgate

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
528A
Date Released
20 Jul 1939
Date submitted
17 Jul 1939
Date submitted
30 Jun 1939
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Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Alan Howland. Sports Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Standard Telephones - ARP (GR Cut). DESCRIPTION: The Standard Telephone Factory take part in an ARP rehearsal. The five thousand workers take refuge in the specially built tunnels. SHOTLIST: Sir John Anderson visits the new Southgate Factory to see a rehearsal. Orders are given from a central control room and workers troop out to the gas-proof dug-outs. Planes fly overhead and drop imaginary bombs - an incendiary bomb is put out by the fire squad. Then the all clear signal is given and the workers troop back to their duties.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
36925
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Thomas Woodroffe
Length of story (in feet)
70
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'News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Alan Howland. Sports Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: ARP Efficiency at New Southgate', British Movietone News Issue No. 528A, 20 Jul 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10089 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)