Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Empire Air Day Preparations
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Section Title
- Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Empire Air Day Rehearsals. DESCRIPTION: The RAF rehearses at Gosport and Warmwell. SHOTLIST: At Gosport, "Swordfish" machines are catapulted into the air and at Warmwell, Fairey "Battle" bombers give a low level demonstration of bombing, using a type of smoke bomb.
- Keywords
- Displays; Weapons; Aviation; Military
- Footage sources
- Great Britain
- Card file number
- 36748
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Commentator
- Thomas Woodroffe
- Length of story (in feet)
- 42
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How to cite this record
'Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone. Eye-witness Commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Empire Air Day Preparations', British Movietone News Issue No. 519, 15 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9969 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)