The News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Sport by Alan Howland: The King Visits "Shadow" Factories
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 9
- Section Title
- The News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Sport by Alan Howland
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Tours Shadow Factories. SHOTLIST: His Majesty the King visits the Birmingham Shadow Factories of Messrs. Austin and Rover. The King arrives at Austin’s by train, and is greeted by Lord Austin. he sees ‘planes in various stages of construction. Then he drives to the Rover works where he sees tappet and connecting Rod assembly.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Vehicles; Weapons; Economics; Aviation; Railways; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 32827
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Alan Howland
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 52
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How to cite this record
'The News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell and Sport by Alan Howland: The King Visits "Shadow" Factories', British Movietone News Issue No. 458, 14 Mar 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/8611 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)