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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

548

Date Released

4 Dec 1939

Date submitted

30 Nov 1939

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Russia Invades Finland
• 2. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Brilliant Opening of Parliament in Cairo
• 3. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Rawalpindi’s Small Band of Survivors
• 4. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Poland’s Modern Destroyer
• 5. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Making and Testing Torpedoes
• 6. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Another Dornier Victim of RAF
• 7. The War Time Situation at Home and Abroad Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: First Momentous Pictures of the Munich Bomb Drama

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Section Title

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

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Farouk Opens Parliament. DESCRIPTION: King Farouk opens the Egyptian Parliament. SHOTLIST: King Farouk drives through the streets in state to open parliament. Inside he sits and listens to the Prime Minister reading his speech. Extra scenes were sent of personalities arriving.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Ceremonies; Military

Footage sources

France

Card file number

37855

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

49

Story extras:

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