Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: French Troops - And Guns
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 8 / 8
- Section Title
- Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Troops Move Up (Including Daladier at the Front). DESCRIPTION: The French army is mobilised and moves its artillery into place. SHOTLIST: Premier Daladier is warmly received as crowds swarm round his car when he stops in a small village on his way to the Western Front. Shots of a Hospital Train. Heavy artillery is loaded onto trains which steam out en route for the front. Meanwhile convoys of men and materials travel by road.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Health and medicine; Weapons; Railways; Military
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 37524
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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How to cite this record
'Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: French Troops - And Guns', British Movietone News Issue No. 539, 2 Oct 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10301 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)