Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: War Secretary Sees Guards Leave

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1005A
Date Released
9 Sep 1948
Date submitted
3 Sep 1948
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guards Leave for Malaya. DESCRIPTION: The Guards march through London to Waterloo Station, then at Southampton aboard the Empire Trooper, en route for Malaya. SHOTLIST: KS Guards march across Westminster Bridge, Big Ben in background, carrying their rifles, few wives and girls walk with them. SCU Guards marching past camera, with wives & girls. Interior Waterloo Station, Guards march into same. Boarding trains. Several goodbyes, kissing, embracing etc. Train draws out of station, into & out of camera, panning. FADE Guards board SS Empire Trooper, up gangway. Cut-in name of ship on bows. Elevated GV Guards on deck of ship. Mr Shinwell onboard walks down companion-way to lower deck. Several shots of guards shaking hands with Shinwell. Ship pulls away. Cut-in waving on quayside. Ship pulling away to the sound of Auld Lang Syne. Regiments - 2nd Guards Brigade, 2nd Coldstream Guards, 2nd Scots Guards, 3rd Grenadier Guards.
Keywords
Military
Locations
London; Southampton
Card file number
50727
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: War Secretary Sees Guards Leave', British Movietone News Issue No. 1005A, 9 Sep 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15307 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)