Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Karachi - Pakistan Headquarters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
949A
Date Released
14 Aug 1947
Date submitted
11 Aug 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Karachi - Pakistan Headquarters. DESCRIPTION: Karachi is to be the capital of Pakistan and we look at the buildings that will be the headquarters of Government. SHOTLIST: KS GV street, on the right is the Municipality Government Building. Various shots of streets and traffic, camel drawn, bullock drawn. GV Sind Secretariat building. MS statue of Gandhi, in background building of the Old High Court. SCU & CU Gandhi’s statue. Various shots of building construction under way. MS board bearing contractor’s name etc. Natives building walls of houses, others mix cement with obsolete tools. Men sawing wood. General activity in building industry. Crowds with Muslim flags on aerodrome. Mr Jinnah alights from plane. Crowds wave etc. Trucking shot (through windscreen of car) following Mr Jinnah as same passes through crowded streets of Karachi. GV Government House. Mr Jinnah entering same. CU Mr Jinnah (in national dress). GV entering Government House.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Independence movements
Footage sources
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Card file number
48998
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Karachi - Pakistan Headquarters', British Movietone News Issue No. 949A, 14 Aug 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14592 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)