Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: France Gets a Frozen Christmas
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: White Christmas for France. DESCRIPTION: Much of Northern France was frozen over and skating took place on the canal in the park at Versailles. SHOTLIST: KS Frozen canals. Canals frozen at Estrain and Donai. Craft cracking the ice as it passes through. Picturesque shots of frozen waterfalls. People skating on frozen pools, in the park of Versailles. Youngsters being held up, woman wheels pram across frozen pool. Children skating, also girl dancing. Children falling over on ice. Dog runs across ice and tries to stop suddenly.
- Keywords
- Sport; Weather
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 47950
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 108
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: France Gets a Frozen Christmas', British Movietone News Issue No. 917A, 2 Jan 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14230 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)