Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Production Drive

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
886A
Date Released
30 May 1946
Date submitted
6 May 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Call to Increase Production. Mr Isaacs Interview - Minister of Labour. DESCRIPTION: The Government’s Production Drive continues and Mr Isaacs, Minister of Labour, has recently met with Mr McGuinness of the National Employees Federation and Mr Duke of the TUC. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: Library - KS GV factory with many smoking chimneys. Steam locomotive passing through factory. Miners work at coal face, shovelling coal onto conveyor. Various shots of ships being loaded with cases for export, cranes swing cases over hold. Interior, women work in cotton factory, spinning. Man works at bench, another planing wood. Workers leave factories, several shots - Library ends. Interior - group shot Mr Duke, Mr Isaacs, Mr McGuinness (TUC). MS of them talking with one another, about increasing production, also talk about a Punch cartoon, cut-ins of the cartoon. CU pan of the three as each speaks. CU Mr Isaacs speaking, saying how we need the Dunkirk spirit to increase production.
Keywords
Politics and government; Industry and manufacture
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
46879
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
245
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Production Drive', British Movietone News Issue No. 886A, 30 May 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13882 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)