Armistice Day 1936: Spoken by Leslie Mitchell

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
388A
Date Released
12 Nov 1936
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Armistice Day. DESCRIPTION: The scenes in Whitehall as King Edward leads the nations remembrance. SHOTLIST: King Edward lays wreath at the Cenotaph. Shot of the personalities at same. Montage sequence. Big Ben at 11. People as in thought. Pan around crowd and traffic at standstill etc. Great War scenes. Shell burst. Troops marching. Night shots marching with shell flashes on horizon. Marching into trenches. Night shots. Elevated shot of cemetery and shot of large monument ?? Ypres or Vimy. Shot of King George V at the front in the Great War. Close shot of grave stones. Elevated pan shot around crowds. Cenotaph and the balconies, down to Cenotaph scene. Elevated shot of crowd. Shot of Italians marching in Abyssinia. Shot of miners throwing dynamite in Spanish fighting. Italian boys marching. British fighter planes lined up with propellers turning. French soldiers marching. German troops marching. French troops march with bayonets. Tank manoeuvres. Wipe sequence of plane formation and bombs falling, gas alarm practice. Shot of various statues included Peace ?? Shot of Whitehall and the armistice ceremony. Veterans marching past. Also elevated shot of same.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; War veterans; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Children; Weapons; Aviation; Death; Mining; Ceremonies; War damage; Military; Newsreels
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
4879
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
258
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Armistice Day 1936: Spoken by Leslie Mitchell', British Movietone News Issue No. 388A, 12 Nov 1936. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/7013 (Accessed 28 Feb 2025)