Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Kensington Squatters
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Squatters Move in at Kensington. DESCRIPTION: Victims of the housing shortage have taken over the Duchess of Bedford Mansions in Kensington. Terry Cotter of Movietone talks to Communist Party official, Mr Coleman, on how they organised the squat. SHOTLIST: KS GV Duchess of Bedford’s Mansions flats. Squatters unload lorry loads of private belongings, bedsteads, matting etc. Interior - family seated at table drinking tea. Exterior - crates of milk stacked outside flats, milkman places another on same. Group of squatters outside flat being interviewed by Terry Cotter. Interviews Communist Party member Mr Coleman. SCU interviewing one of the mothers.
- Keywords
- Social conditions
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 47470
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Eddie Smales
- Camera
- J. L. Ramsden
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Martin Gray
- Length of story (in feet)
- 116
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Kensington Squatters', British Movietone News Issue No. 901A, 12 Sep 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14037 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)