Movietone’s War Time News described by John Snagge (Courtesy of the BBC): Canadian Weather for Canadian Visitors

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
563A
Date Released
21 Mar 1940
Date submitted
5 Mar 1940
Date submitted
15 Mar 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News described by John Snagge (Courtesy of the BBC)
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eden With the Canadians. DESCRIPTION: Mr Eden visits the Canadians at Aldershot. SHOTLIST: Anthony Eden pays a visit to Aldershot. Here he is greeted by Major General McNaughton and other Staff Officers. He sees men taking coffee at a machine gun post and joins them in a cup. The Canadians dig trenches watched by Mr Eden. The Regiments present are the 48th Canadian Highlanders and the Montreal Machine-gunners. Snow is falling heavily.
Keywords
Politics and government; Food and cooking; Weather; Ceremonies; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
38545
Credits:
Commentator
John Snagge
Length of story (in feet)
30
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News described by John Snagge (Courtesy of the BBC): Canadian Weather for Canadian Visitors', British Movietone News Issue No. 563A, 21 Mar 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10711 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)