Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Japan Goes to the Poll

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
883
Date Released
6 May 1946
Date submitted
2 May 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Elections. DESCRIPTION: Disturbances preceded the voting in Japan’s recent elections. SHOTLIST: TS looking down on chanting crowd with banners. MS crowd towards camera. GV crowd moving forward. CU feet marching. TS crowd pan to barricade with police on other side. GV police run as crowd break through. MS crowd jostling with police. GV crowds outside polling stations. Various shots of Japanese queuing to vote. Shots of people reading political posters etc. People enter voting places, interior shots show women casting their votes. Dropping votes in boxes.
Keywords
Riots
Locations
Tokyo
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
46855
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Japan Goes to the Poll', British Movietone News Issue No. 883, 6 May 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13839 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)