News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

452A

Date Released

3 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Princess Juliana’s baby girl
• 2. The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Bigger Battleships?
• 3. At Home & Abroad: Their Majesties return to London
• 4. At Home & Abroad: Wreck tragedy off Cornwall
• 5. At Home & Abroad: Rome wedding of Mussolini’s niece
• 6. At Home & Abroad: Conscripts’ Fete in France
• 7. At Home & Abroad: Paris Explosion
• 8. Aviation: Wellington Bomber tries her wings
• 9. Around Town: with Carl Bernard
• 10. Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Empire Games athletes
• 11. Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Schmeling v Foord
• 12. Sports Page: with Alan Howland: Boxing - Ben Foord’s homecoming
• 13. Sports Page: with Alan Howland: British Bobsleigh Team takes World Title

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 13

Section Title

At Home & Abroad

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris Explosion. SHOTLIST: Explosion of over 6,000 hand grenades in a lab. Various shots of the wreckage. Shot of weapons being removed. CU of wrecked car. Shots of men looking around. Villejuif Explosion Aftermath.

Keywords

Weapons; Explosions; Police; Accidents and disasters

Card file number

32475

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

27

Story extras:

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