Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Canadians Combat the Fifth Column

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
576
Date Released
17 Jun 1940
Date submitted
11 Jun 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canada and the Fifth Column. DESCRIPTION: Canada takes steps to clamp down on fifth columnists. SHOTLIST: Hamilton Ontario - Veterans parade and take the oath. They are to have duties like our "Parashots". Montreal - Poster on cars warn people in two languages. The police raid the Head Quarters of the National Unity Party and seize papers and swastika emblems. Vancouver, British Columbia - Various shots of a massed meeting. Chairman Lyall Frazer is there and Brigadier General Clark.
Keywords
Organisations; War veterans; Politics and government; Mass media; Conferences; Ceremonies; Espionage; Propaganda; Civil defence; Crime; Military
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
39181
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
49
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Canadians Combat the Fifth Column', British Movietone News Issue No. 576, 17 Jun 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10917 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)