Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Overseas News - General Smuts Loses

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
991
Date Released
31 May 1948
Date submitted
27 May 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smut’s Defeated in Election. DESCRIPTION: Field Marshal Smuts loses the General Election in South Africa. SHOTLIST: STORY MADE UP FROM LIBRARY: KS Newspapers. LS Capetown from sea. Elevated pan of Capetown. Smuts on Table Mountain with King and Queen. GV inside Houses of Parliament. Smuts addressing both Houses. SCU Smuts speaking (silent). SCU Smuts in uniform with General Cunningham somewhere in Middle East. Smuts in his garden, his grandchild seated on his knee.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Cape Town
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
50296
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Overseas News - General Smuts Loses', British Movietone News Issue No. 991, 31 May 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15131 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)