Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Feeding Western Desert Troops

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
666
Date Released
9 Mar 1942
Date submitted
5 Mar 1942
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Food Supplies in Western Desert. DESCRIPTION: Keeping the troops supplied with food and essentials is a vast undertaking. Foodstuff has to be analysed to make sure it is fit for consumption. SHOTLIST: At the base an analyst test all food-stuffs which are to be sent forward. Stores are loaded onto the desert train, which includes, cigarettes, tinned meat, tinned milk and meat etc. The train makes its way across the desert with RAF escort. On arrival at rail-head, the train is met by MT convoy and is unloaded. When convoys are loaded, officer give signal for convoy to leave. On arrival at camp food inspected by Company officer and views of the men are shown enjoying a meal.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Environment; Aviation; Railways; Science and technology; Military
Footage sources
Universal
Card file number
41999
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Feeding Western Desert Troops', British Movietone News Issue No. 666, 9 Mar 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12173 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)