Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Britain Shows World Spring Modes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
615
Date Released
17 Mar 1941
Date submitted
24 Feb 1941
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 11
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mannequins for South America. DESCRIPTION: The models who will travel to South America shows some new spring modes, however, not the styles they will be taking with them. SHOTLIST: The dresses are packed ready for the trip to South America where the girls are to show that British fashions are still created in spite of the war. The girls display fashions.
Keywords
Women; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
40428
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Britain Shows World Spring Modes', British Movietone News Issue No. 615, 17 Mar 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11532 (Accessed 22 May 2025)