Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen Examined Prisoners’ Parcels
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 14
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Censors Prisoners’ Parcels. DESCRIPTION: The Queen sees the pacing of Red Cross Parcels. SHOTLIST: HM the Queen visits the International Red Cross Headquarters where she sees parcels being prepared and censored before posting to British subjects in German prison camps. The Queen herself opens one of the parcels and "Censors" it.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Communications; Postal services; Prisoners of war; Censorship
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 38492
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 21
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen Examined Prisoners’ Parcels', British Movietone News Issue No. 562, 11 Mar 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10680 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)