Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Eire Border Check-Up
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 2
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eire Border Check-Up. DESCRIPTION: Restrictions on movement across the Irish border have been tightened up in the interest of security of the North. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of docks, shows component parts of planes unloaded. Including fuselages of Lightnings. Shot of crane lifting fuselage. Towed along quay. GV of Belfast - Dublin train pulling into station. American & Custom officer inspect identity etc. Interior of train, inspecting identity. Previous to this is shot of lines of army vehicles parked in a nearby park. Guard blows whistle, train pulls out. Also of road, Military Police check traffic entering Northern Ireland. MP on motor cycle checks up on Army traffic. Another MP turns back RAF & Army personnel trying to cross frontier.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Aviation; Railways; Industry and manufacture; Espionage; Crime; Military
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Card file number
- 44668
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 87
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Eire Border Check-Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 773, 27 Mar 1944. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13049 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)