Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Glasgow Home Guards in Realistic Display

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
592A
Date Released
10 Oct 1940
Date submitted
3 Oct 1940
Date submitted
7 Oct 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Glasgow’s Home Guard. DESCRIPTION: The Home Guard give a good display for Mr Ernest Brown. SHOTLIST: The men parade and are inspected by Mr Ernest Brown, the Minister for Scotland. A demonstration is given with Molotov Cocktails. The men give a demonstration of calisthenics, then a dummy tanks makes an appearance and after being dealt with the crew are captured.
Keywords
Politics and government; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Weapons; Ceremonies; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
39854
Credits:
Camera
Graham T. Thompson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
36
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Glasgow Home Guards in Realistic Display', British Movietone News Issue No. 592A, 10 Oct 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11194 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)