Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home & Abroad: London Carries On

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
536
Date Released
11 Sep 1939
Date submitted
6 Sep 1939
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home & Abroad
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Carries On. DESCRIPTION: Ministers and Service Chiefs carry their gas masks. The ‘Nippies’ have their own gas mask container. At the wedding of Miss Ann Bailey and Pearce Sinnott gas masks are much in evidence. Prince Monolulu as ‘a gas mask’. SHOTLIST: Mr and Mrs Chamberlain take their morning walk, as does Mr Anthony Eden. General Sir Edmund Ironside, Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall and Sir Dudley Pound walk together. Gas Mask containers are seen everywhere, and even "Nippies" have them. Shop windows are papered to prevent splintering. Also shots of people going to work with masks, boarding bus etc., for use in the section London Carries On 2.
Keywords
Sport; Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Shops and shopping; Transport; Safety devices; Marriages; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37379
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
73
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'Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home & Abroad: London Carries On', British Movietone News Issue No. 536, 11 Sep 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10240 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)