Leslie Mitchell Reviews the News Pageant of Movietone: Tobacco Auction
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 10
- Section Title
- Leslie Mitchell Reviews the News Pageant of Movietone
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tobacco Auction. DESCRIPTION: The high speed salesmen of the American Tobacco Auction. SHOTLIST: Negro girls gather the tobacco in the fields. An auctioneering contest is held, and Tom Burton is the winner.
- Keywords
- Ethnic groups; Women; Agriculture; Competitions; Business and commerce
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 37134
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 43
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How to cite this record
'Leslie Mitchell Reviews the News Pageant of Movietone: Tobacco Auction', British Movietone News Issue No. 531, 7 Aug 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10145 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)