Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Lease and Lend in Operation

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
624
Date Released
19 May 1941
Date submitted
12 May 1941
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: Lease and Lend Material Arrives. DESCRIPTION: At British ports ships are being unloaded with materials for the war effort, sent from America under "Lease and Lend". SHOTLIST: Various shots of the unloading of war supplies, food, machine tools, aeroplanes etc. Library shots from the President’s "They shall have ships" speech. One of the planes is a gift from America.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Foreign aid; Military
Footage sources
Rota
Card file number
40745
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
97
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Lease and Lend in Operation', British Movietone News Issue No. 624, 19 May 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11682 (Accessed 27 Jun 2025)