Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fighter Pilot VC and Family

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
598A
Date Released
21 Nov 1940
Date submitted
18 Nov 1940
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flight Lieutenant Nicholson VC, His Wife and Child. DESCRIPTION: Meet Flt Lt Nicholson and Mrs Nicholson who shows the tattered and torn clothes he was wearing when he won his VC. SHOTLIST: The first fighter pilot VC of the war chats with a brother officer. Shots of Mrs Nicholson and the baby son. Mrs N displays articles of her husband’s clothing damaged in the fight.
Keywords
Children; Fashion and costume; Military; Awards and honours
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40025
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
85
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Fighter Pilot VC and Family', British Movietone News Issue No. 598A, 21 Nov 1940. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11294 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)