Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: His Majesty’s Ambulances

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
593A
Date Released
17 Oct 1940
Date submitted
Oct 1940
Date submitted
14 Oct 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Presents Ambulances. DESCRIPTION: The King has presented four ambulances and eight mobile canteens to London. SHOTLIST: His Majesty, accompanied by the Queen, inspects the drivers and the vehicles which he has presented to the London County Council. The vehicles are ambulances and canteens.
Keywords
Royalty; Health and medicine; Food and cooking
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
39879
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
27
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: His Majesty’s Ambulances', British Movietone News Issue No. 593A, 17 Oct 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11214 (Accessed 17 Jun 2025)