Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Bernadotte’s Last Journey Home

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1007A
Date Released
23 Sep 1948
Date submitted
21 Sep 1948
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Count Bernadotte’s Last Journey. DESCRIPTION: The coffins of Count Bernadotte and Colonel Serot begin their journeys to their homelands for burial. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS UN officers carry bodies of Bernadotte and Colonel Serot to ambulance. Interior of UNO building in Paris. MS Sir Alexander Cadogan speaking. GV troops lined up as ambulance moves away. Moving shot of ambulance moving along road. Into camera, coffin being borne to plane by sailors. SCU sailors presenting arms. MS plane door closes. Plane taxies.
Keywords
Social events; Funerals
Locations
Paris; Jerusalem; Haifa
Footage sources
France
Card file number
50811
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
102
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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Bernadotte’s Last Journey Home', British Movietone News Issue No. 1007A, 23 Sep 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15329 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)