Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Free French Cadets Have English St Cyr

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
628A
Date Released
19 Jun 1941
Date submitted
Jun 1941
Date submitted
9 Jun 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 12
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Free French Cadets. DESCRIPTION: Young Frenchmen, most of whom have escaped from France since the Armistice, are being trained in Britain to become officers in General de Gaulle’s forces. SHOTLIST: The cadets drill and march against the background of a famous public school (the name was censored but I think it to be Malvern). Then they have a little stalking, than a little rifle shooting. Finally they march singing "Madelon".
Keywords
Education and training; Music and dance; Ceremonies; Censorship; Military
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
40844
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
43
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Free French Cadets Have English St Cyr', British Movietone News Issue No. 628A, 19 Jun 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11737 (Accessed 31 Jul 2025)