Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Italy Votes for Republic
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italian Elections. DESCRIPTION: The Christian Democrats having won the election in Italy meant the end of the monarchy. King Umberto quickly left the country leaving Signor de Gasperi as temporary head of state. SHOTLIST: KS Political posters on walls. Various elevated shots of huge crowds, in squares listening to speakers, Monarchists. Communists etc. Interior shot of hall. CU Orlando giving speech (silent). Cut-ins of crowds. CU de Gasperi. MS President de Gasperi and Signora de Gasperi voting, also leaving polling station.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government
- Locations
- Rome
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 47053
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 87
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Italy Votes for Republic', British Movietone News Issue No. 889, 17 Jun 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13898 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)