Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: Mechanical Diving

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
11 / 12
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Catapult Diving. DESCRIPTION: Walter Bura of New Jersey uses a catapult to improve his diving. SHOTLIST: A new device for high diving. The bather lays on his stomach and is catapulted into the air. Slow and reverse shots.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Stunts; Inventions and discoveries; Newsreels
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
37156
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
28
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland: Mechanical Diving', British Movietone News Issue No. 530A, 3 Aug 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10137 (Accessed 27 Nov 2025)