The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Pilot Boat Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
547A
Date Released
30 Nov 1939
Date submitted
1939
Date submitted
28 Nov 1939
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
10 / 11
Section Title
The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mersey Pilot Boat Wreck. DESCRIPTION: Twenty lives were lost when the Mersey Pilot Boat hits a sandbank. SHOTLIST: Shots of the half submerged pilot boat No 1 which was wrecked during a storm. Nearby lies the ship boat broken up by the fury of the sea.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Accidents and disasters
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37844
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
28
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Pilot Boat Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 547A, 30 Nov 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10444 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)