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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

544A

Date Released

9 Nov 1939

Date submitted

Nov 1939

Date submitted

27 Oct 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Western Front Duty of RAF
• 2. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Britain’s Contented War Prisoners
• 3. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The "President Harding’s" Adventurous Trip
• 4. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Herring Fleet on Its Lawful Occasions
• 5. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Remembrance 1939 - A Tribute by Movietone
• *The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: City of Flint and King of the Belgians in Holland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Section Title

The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: German Prisoners Or War. DESCRIPTION: A large number of German prisoners of war are already being held in England. SHOTLIST: Various shots through the wire entanglements and inside of the officers and men of a sunken U-Boat. They are interned in a large house. This is in England - General scenes of life in the camp.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Footage sources

Universal

Card file number

37685

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

67

Story extras:

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