News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: War News from the Frontier

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
506A
Date Released
16 Feb 1939
Date submitted
10 Feb 1939
Date submitted
14 Feb 1939
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 11
Section Title
News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Franco Prisoners Repatriated. DESCRIPTION: Prisoner exchange on the French/Spanish border. SHOTLIST: 2,000 Frankist prisoners who had been taken into France by the Government troops are allowed to return over the frontier where they show their pleasure by forming a "crocodile". Near the frontier there are several explosions where Government men had blown up munition stores. At Argeles, the militiamen camp and are fed from French food.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Celebrations and festivals; Prisoners of war; Exile; Military
Footage sources
France
Card file number
35573
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
36
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: War News from the Frontier', British Movietone News Issue No. 506A, 16 Feb 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9699 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)