Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: G-Men Automatic Guns for Home Defence

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
579A
Date Released
11 Jul 1940
Date submitted
Jul 1940
Date submitted
6 Jul 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Johnson Light Machine Gun. DESCRIPTION: Sub-machine guns are being supplied for the home defence. SHOTLIST: Melvin M Johnson demonstrates his automatic rifle. He fills the magazine and then fires with one and two hands with ordinary and tracer bullets.
Keywords
Weapons; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
39307
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
39
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: G-Men Automatic Guns for Home Defence', British Movietone News Issue No. 579A, 11 Jul 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10976 (Accessed 01 Jun 2025)