News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Vigilance in the Holy Places

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
494A
Date Released
24 Nov 1938
Date submitted
18 Nov 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 11
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jack Cotter’s Third Shipment. DESCRIPTION: Bethlehem under military control. SHOTLIST: In Bethlehem in the courtyard of the Church of the Nativity an armoured car stands and from the rooftops soldiers of the Worcester regiment keep guard with a Bren gun on the Field of Boaz below. A convoy leaves for Jerusalem and outside one of the new concrete pill-boxes, a traveller shows his pass. Camels and other beasts of burden are searched by soldiers for illicit goods and arms.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weapons; Terrorism; Animals; Military; Cameramen; Religion and belief; Newsreels
Footage sources
Palestine
Card file number
34889
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Vigilance in the Holy Places', British Movietone News Issue No. 494A, 24 Nov 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9431 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)