Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Thumbs Up, Exeter!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
559
Date Released
19 Feb 1940
Date submitted
16 Feb 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS "Exeter" Back. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill, the First Sea Lord, is amongst those at Plymouth to welcome home the gallant ‘Exeter’. the ship shows the scars of her fight with the ‘Graf Spee’. SHOTLIST: The cruiser rounds the headland and Winston Churchill, Sir John Simon, Sir Dudley Pound, and Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (C-in-C Western Approaches). They go aboard and the First Lord greets Captain Bell and Commander Graham. Mr Churchill addresses the men from the deck and then follows various shots of the damage done by the Graf Spee’s guns. Capt. Bell and one of the men give an interview.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; War damage; Navy; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
38336
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
156
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Thumbs Up, Exeter!', British Movietone News Issue No. 559, 19 Feb 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10634 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)