Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Another Freedom for "Monty"
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monty Receives Another Freedom. DESCRIPTION: Field Marshal Montgomery receives the Freedom of Chiswick and Brentford. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Trucking shots of Monty in open landau with Mayor of Chiswick & Brentford driving along Great West Road to Chiswick Empire. Crowds thicken as they approach destination, wave, cheer etc. Inside, Monty follows Mayor to seats, still amid applauding, etc. Monty addresses audience, after signing the Freedom he says "I used to reside in Brentford & Chiswick", cut-in of audience applauding. Monty - SCU - "we have smashed many beautiful things, we must now start to rebuild the world for peace, etc."
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies; Local government; Military
- Locations
- Chiswick; Middlesex; Brentford
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 45966
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 159
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Another Freedom for "Monty"', British Movietone News Issue No. 843A, 2 Aug 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13518 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)