Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World Pre-Occupied with Food

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
957A
Date Released
9 Oct 1947
Date submitted
6 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Communists Riots About Sugar for Germany. DESCRIPTION: SUGAR FOR GERMANY CAUSES TROUBLE - At Verdun, France French Communists attempted to stop sugar reaching US troops in Germany. SHOTLIST: Various shots of gendarmes standing by barricades in roads and crowd shots of Communists gathered in streets. Gendarmes break down barricades in roads, which were put there by Communists to stop sugar supply going through to Germany.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Military
Locations
France; Verdun
Footage sources
France
Card file number
49261
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
44
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The World Pre-Occupied with Food', British Movietone News Issue No. 957A, 9 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14701 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)