Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Change-Over

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
856A
Date Released
1 Nov 1945
Date submitted
26 Oct 1945
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The "Change-Over". DESCRIPTION: The change over from war to peace production has begun. In America materials like flexiglass, perspex and so on are already finding their way into homes. At a Mosquito Factory in Walthamstow they are switching from planes to making utility furniture. SHOTLIST: KS CU plexiglass hassock. Interior - new plastic boudoir, sleeping department sectioned off by plexiglass, transparent. Girl lying on divan. Walks over to plastic wardrobe and takes out a plastic hat, which she tries on. CU girl with plexiglass hat on her head. The above is in America, meanwhile in England, at the Mosquito factory, Walthamstow, Mosquito planes still being turned out, various parts of planes, other sections, jigs etc. being dumped on rubbish heap. Craftsmen making utility furniture, wardrobes, planing, sawing wood etc., all done by machinery. Whisky on quayside, stacked in cases, cases being slung aboard ship.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Footage sources
Pathe [United States]
Card file number
46036
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Change-Over', British Movietone News Issue No. 856A, 1 Nov 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13607 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)