News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Farmer Colonists Reach Libya

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
492A
Date Released
10 Nov 1938
Date submitted
4 Nov 1938
Date submitted
8 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 9
Section Title
News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mass Colonisation of Libya. SHOTLIST: The 20,000 farmers arrive in Libya. Arriving at Tripoli the contingent is greeted by Italo Balbo. The farmers are driven to their new homes in a convoy of lorries.
Keywords
Vehicles; Agriculture; Colonialism
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
34807
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
39
Story extras:

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'News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Farmer Colonists Reach Libya', British Movietone News Issue No. 492A, 10 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9400 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)