Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: Italian Invention Kills Fire

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
530A
Date Released
3 Aug 1939
Date submitted
2 Aug 1939
Date submitted
31 Jul 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 12
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Proofing. DESCRIPTION: New fire proofing liquid is tested. SHOTLIST: Professor Campese demonstrates his fireproofing liquid by comparing untreated articles with those which have been dipped in the liquid.
Keywords
Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
37159
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
21
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: Italian Invention Kills Fire', British Movietone News Issue No. 530A, 3 Aug 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10135 (Accessed 26 Jan 2026)