Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: 16,000,000 Americans to Sign On
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Registration. DESCRIPTION: America has introduced compulsory conscription and thousands of men are registering for service. SHOTLIST: Man reads paper. They file into buildings where they register. Various types. Among them is the President’s son John. Speech by the President sitting at his desk.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Mass media; Communications; Military
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 39937
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 62
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: 16,000,000 Americans to Sign On', British Movietone News Issue No. 595A, 31 Oct 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11242 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)