Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia’s Mobile Recruiting Office

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
597A
Date Released
14 Nov 1940
Date submitted
11 Nov 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: RAAF Train Recruiting Office. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Australian Air Force recruiting train leaves Sydney to tour New South Wales. SHOTLIST: Alderman Stanley Crick, Mayor of Sydney, cuts the ribbon and the train steam out. It arrives at a country station and the recruits go aboard. Inside their particulars are taken and then a medical inspection made. After this business has been transacted the train moved off to another location.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Railways; Ceremonies; Local government; Air force
Footage sources
United States of America
Australia
Card file number
39987
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
37
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australia’s Mobile Recruiting Office', British Movietone News Issue No. 597A, 14 Nov 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11271 (Accessed 14 Jun 2025)