News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Madrid Bombarded

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
496A
Date Released
8 Dec 1938
Date submitted
5 Dec 1938
Date submitted
6 Dec 1938
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 13
Section Title
News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bread Bombardment Over Madrid. DESCRIPTION: With bread. SHOTLIST: At the military bakery loaves of bread are sealed in bats and loaded into sacks which are put on trucks for transportation to the aerodrome. Arrived, the "bombs" are placed in the planes which take off for Madrid. Over Madrid the loaves are dropped to the starving population beneath. Good shots of planes in the air.
Keywords
Vehicles; Food and cooking; Aviation; Foreign aid; Military
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
35019
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
37
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Madrid Bombarded', British Movietone News Issue No. 496A, 8 Dec 1938. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9475 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)