Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Nelson’s Clean Up
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nelson’s Column Cleaned. DESCRIPTION: Steeplejacks scale Nelson’s Column to check whether it sustained any damage during the war. SHOTLIST: KS GV Nelson’s Column. Various shots pigeons flying round column, one feeding off person’s hand. Various shots of steeplejacks climbing column. SCU & CU Sidney Larkin. Long lense shot of Nelson statue, with steeplejacks cleaning same. Ladders each side of column. Elevated shots of Trafalgar Square taken from buildings in the square not from the column.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures
- Locations
- London; Trafalgar Square
- Footage sources
- Canadian Film Unit
- Card file number
- 46423
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David Prosser
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 69
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Nelson’s Clean Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 869, 28 Jan 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13710 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)