Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scunthorpe Squatters
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scunthorpe Squatters. DESCRIPTION: A disused Army Camp has been taken over by families urgently in need of housing. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Pan of disused military camp. GV disused gun-site. Trucking shot avenue of through Nissen huts. Woman hangs out washing on line. Man mends his cycle. MS several of men who have taken law into their own hands seated at table in open. James Fielding speaks on subject. CU of him, over his speech are cut-ins of Nissen hut with straw in same. Sheep grazing in field. Family carry furniture towards hut which they have occupied. Several shots of water tower which supplies power for electricity. Women, men and children carry all types of utensils, baths etc. to get water in. Councillor Abraham speaks on subject.
- Keywords
- Social conditions
- Locations
- Lincolnshire
- Card file number
- 47251
- Credits:
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- Camera
- J. L. Ramsden
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 195
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Scunthorpe Squatters', British Movietone News Issue No. 896, 5 Aug 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13967 (Accessed 02 May 2025)