Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Munition Factories Go Underground
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underground MAP Factory. DESCRIPTION: Concealed factories are being built under British countryside. The factories are virtually bomb proof, well lit and air-conditioned throughout. SHOTLIST: Men are at work building a factory far underneath the countryside. Various shots showing the work in progress and pans through the galleries and passages. When the factories are completed they go into production. Much of the work is done by women and a special control-room is used to keep a check on the work. After the day’s work the girls leave the factory and come out into the open country.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Weapons; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Civil defence
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
Rota
- Card file number
- 41984
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 110
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Munition Factories Go Underground', British Movietone News Issue No. 666, 9 Mar 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12172 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)