Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Home Guard School

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
635A
Date Released
7 Aug 1941
Date submitted
1 Aug 1941
Date submitted
7 Jul 1941
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 10
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home Guard School. DESCRIPTION: The War Office is training instructors of the Home Guard in the use of special weapons. SHOTLIST: At an Instructors training school the Home Guarder learns to handle a rifle, machine guns and the Tommy Gun. He also learns how to handle live bombs. The "Sticky" bomb is also shown.
Keywords
Education and training; Weapons; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
40950
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Home Guard School', British Movietone News Issue No. 635A, 7 Aug 1941. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/11840 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)