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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

456

Date Released

28 Feb 1938

Date submitted

25 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. At Home & Abroad: Floods in California
• 2. At Home & Abroad: Bombay Memorial to King George V
• 3. At Home & Abroad: Shipwreck off Victoria
• 4. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Late Mr Lloyd Thomas
• 5. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Lord Perth’s visit
• 6. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: General Franco’s new government
• 7. Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Prince of Yemen in Paris
• 8. Up in T’North wi Jack Ramsden
• 9. Sports Page: Will dark blues win again?
• 10. Sports Page: French Skiing Championships
• 11. Aviation: The Mayo Split

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Manchester Students Rag. DESCRIPTION: Students Air Raid Rag in Manchester. SHOTLIST: Manchester University students stage a rag mock air raid for charity, complete with bombs, "take cover" notices and shelter, and those that don’t take cover are thrown into prison.

Keywords

Curiosities; Fundraising; Civil defence

Footage sources

Great Britain

Card file number

32683

Credits:

Camera

J. L. Ramsden

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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