Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: General Smuts Surveys a World at War
Series
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Smuts Addresses Commons. DESCRIPTION: Outstanding in its absorbing interest and its profound encouragement at this fateful juncture in the struggle for liberty; the address delivered to Lords and Commons by South Africa’s premier was also historically unique. In devoting the whole of a specially long newsreel edition to the historic film record of such a rare occasion, British Movietone News desires to pay further tribute to a brilliant soldier, a great statesman and a sure friend in time of trouble - Jan Christian Smuts. SHOTLIST: Interior shots of crowds standing cheering, as Lloyd George. Churchill and Smuts walk down aisle. Lloyd George stands at mike addressing (introducing) General Smuts. MS Lloyd George, those sitting behind are 1 to 5: Fitzroy, Smuts. Churchill and Lord Simon. Everybody stands as Smuts takes over and sit as he commences. In background Churchill helps Lloyd George with his coat. CU Smuts, while addressing. Shot of Churchill at mike. Churchill stands with Lloyd George and Simon sitting. Also Smuts sitting. Pan to crowds, back to Smuts. Crowds singing ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ and then giving three cheers. Churchill and LG walking through crowds. Speakers sit, also crowds. Smuts about to commence.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Foreign relations
- Locations
- London; Houses of Parliament
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
Pathe
- Card file number
- 42977
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Graham T. Thompson
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Camera
- Richard Harris
- Length of story (in feet)
- 659
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: General Smuts Surveys a World at War', British Movietone News Issue No. 699, 26 Oct 1942. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/12486 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)