Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Fighter V Bomber

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
518
Date Released
8 May 1939
Date submitted
5 May 1939
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Section Title
Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘Spitfires’ and ‘Blenheims’ at Practise. DESCRIPTION: An RAF Display at Duxford has ‘Spitfires’ versus ‘Blenheim’ Bombers. SHOTLIST: At Duxford, the alarm sounds, and "Spitfires" take off in search of "Blenheim" bomber raiders. Aerial shots. Also shots of anti-aircraft guns - not in the cuts.
Keywords
Weapons; Aviation; Civil defence; Military
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
36716
Credits:
Commentator
Alan Howland
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Commentator
Thomas Woodroffe
Length of story (in feet)
49
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Sports Reported by Alan Howland. Eye-witness Commentaries by Thomas Woodrooffe: Fighter V Bomber', British Movietone News Issue No. 518, 8 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9947 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)