BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 839 (2 JULY 1945) [Main Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 839 (2 JULY 1945) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: NMV 839
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  • Summary:
  • Description: I. "Flame defence." Film illustrates now Britain's coastline would have been defended by oil blazing on the surface of the sea had the Germans attempted to invade England in 1940. As well as pipes submerged beneath the surface of the sea, ready to be ignited at any moment, defences included inflammable oil jets on and beside the beaches. II. "Moscow parade." Combined May Day/Victor parade in the Soviet capital. Stalin and Marshal Budenny stand at Lenin's tomb in Red Square as infantry and armoured units pass by, and planes fly overhead. Audience includes American officers, who look at Russian Katyushas (rocket launchers) mounted on US built trucks, and a Japanese military attaché. III. "Election news. Some of the 1672." Brief views of some of the well-known candidates: Attlee, Morrison, Bracken, General Mason-MacFarlane, Mrs Mavis Tate, Dr Edith Summerskill, Donald McCullough, Beveridge, James Maxton, Sir William Darling, Richard Law, Bevin (addressing his constituency on housing) and Churchill who tours Coventry, Leamington and Birmingham appealing for a strong government, for otherwise "affairs will fall into great confusion." Geoffrey Lloyd accompanies him.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: NMV 839
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-07-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Movietone News (Production company) Gamlin, Lionel James1903-04-301967-10-16 (Production cast)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person) Stalin, Josef (person)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 731 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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