News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: From Factory to Shelter

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
505A
Date Released
9 Feb 1939
Date submitted
7 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 11
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ARP Drill in Factory in Southend. DESCRIPTION: The employees at the Ecko Radio Factory in Southend practice their ARP Drill. SHOTLIST: At the "Ecko" radio works at Southend, the siren sounds and the girls lay down the work and don their gas masks. They file into the dug-outs as aeroplanes swoop over-head. In the shelter they play darts to while away the time.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Women; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
35493
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
51
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: From Factory to Shelter', British Movietone News Issue No. 505A, 9 Feb 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9675 (Accessed 25 Jul 2025)