Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: The Queen Examined Prisoners’ Parcels

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
562
Date Released
11 Mar 1940
Date submitted
7 Mar 1940
Stories in this 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:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
21
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'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)