Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: King and Queen in West Country

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
558
Date Released
12 Feb 1940
Date Other
Feb 1940
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King and Queen in West Country. DESCRIPTION: Their Majesties visit the Westland and Bristol Aircraft factories. SHOTLIST: Their Majesties visit the Westland and Bristol Aircraft works where they see various phases of construction of engines and the new Bristol "Beauforts". They then go to Avonmouth docks where they meet merchant service captains who have just run the Nazi gauntlet.
Keywords
Royalty; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
38283
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
29
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: King and Queen in West Country', British Movietone News Issue No. 558, 12 Feb 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10608 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)