Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Salvage in the Middle East
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Middle East Salvage. DESCRIPTION: The troops in the Middle East collect and sort various kinds of salvage which can be re-used for the war effort. SHOTLIST: Piles of junk are razed and sorted. There is a poster exhorting the men not to take orders from "General Waste". Items sorted include tyres, barrels, cans, anti-tank mine cases and smashed lorries.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Weapons; Fundraising; Communications; Military
- Footage sources
- Pathe
Rota
- Card file number
- 42172
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 59
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Salvage in the Middle East', British Movietone News Issue No. 672, 20 Apr 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12225 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)