Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Strikes Threaten National Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
887
Date Released
3 Jun 1946
Date submitted
30 May 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Us Strikes Threaten National Disaster. Strikes - Coal and Rail. DESCRIPTION: The Coal Strike in America has finally been settled. Whilst President Truman was asking Congress for special powers to smash the rail strike, news came through that the strike was over. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Coalminers walk into camera. GV coalmine pithead. Underground shot coalminers, all with their headlamps on walking through mines. Various shots of mechanical cutters at work. Elevated shot trucks loaded with coal. Coalminers standing about outside pithead. Mr John L Lewis walks through grounds of government building. CU Lewis. Elevated shot of empty coal trucks. Rail strike - GV passenger carriages at sidings. Locomotives at depots, various shots of same. Interior - Truman shakes hand with President. MS & SCU Truman addressing Congress saying that if an agreement is not reached by given time the United States Army will take over running of trains. Cut-ins of Congressmen. Elevated shot of messenger going to President and handing him a note. Truman then announces that an agreement has been attained. Various shots of depots, steam locomotives getting up steam. Trains on the move, passenger trains racing along tracks.
Keywords
Politics and government; Labour relations
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
47003
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
195
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: US Strikes Threaten National Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 887, 3 Jun 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13891 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)