Movietone’s News Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tea Centenary - High Bidding
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 13
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Tea Centenary. DESCRIPTION: The Centenary of the Empire Tea Board is marked by an auction. SHOTLIST: The Empire Tea Centenary is celebrated with a parade of elephants through the streets of London. Leading one of the animals is Sabu, the film star. later in the sale room the Lord Mayor, Sir Frank Bowater, auctions a casket of tea for charity.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Food and cooking; Business and commerce; Fundraising; Celebrations and festivals; Local government; Animals; Performing arts
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 35266
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 56
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News Pageant - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tea Centenary - High Bidding', British Movietone News Issue No. 501A, 12 Jan 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9577 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)