News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Crowds at Trafalgar Square Support Czechs

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
485A
Date Released
22 Sep 1938
Date submitted
19 Sep 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 16
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Crowds at Trafalgar Square Support Czechs. SHOTLIST: Peace Meeting In Trafalgar Square Thousands of people gather in Trafalgar Square for a meeting organised by the International Peace Campaign. Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Victor Gollancz address the crowd, which moves down Lower Regent Street to Grosvenor Place where they march past the Czechoslovak Legation. Taken from commentary: Well, whatever the details of the plan, and they will perhaps by known by the time you see this film ... the fate of Czechoslovakia inspires concern among people as well as Governments. The meeting in Trafalgar Square appears to have prejudged the results of the Hitler-Chamberlain meeting at Godesberg, and put its own construction on the situation. The eloquence of Miss Ellen Wilkinson is concentrated on support of Czechoslovakia’s case and the crowds proceed to the Czech Legation to express their sentiments.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Demonstrations
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
34378
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
33
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Crowds at Trafalgar Square Support Czechs', British Movietone News Issue No. 485A, 22 Sep 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9237 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)