Movietone’s Pageant of News, Sports and Aviation by Aidan Crawley, Alan Howland and Ivan Scott: Evacuation of Spike Island
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 9 / 13
- Section Title
- Movietone’s Pageant of News, Sports and Aviation by Aidan Crawley, Alan Howland and Ivan Scott
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spike Island Evacuation. SHOTLIST: At Queenstown, Irish troops embark on a tender for Spike Island, while in the harbour the British destroyer "Acastra" stands by to take off the English garrison. Mr de Valera is present to see the proceedings, while the guard of honour fires a Feu de Joie.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Ships and boats; Military
- Footage sources
- Eire
- Card file number
- 33859
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Aiden Merivale Crawley
- Commentator
- Alan Howland
- Commentator
- Ivan Scott
- Length of story (in feet)
- 47
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s Pageant of News, Sports and Aviation by Aidan Crawley, Alan Howland and Ivan Scott: Evacuation of Spike Island', British Movietone News Issue No. 475A, 14 Jul 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9008 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)