Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Remembrance Day 1948 - Spoken by Leslie Mitchell

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1014
Date Released
8 Nov 1948
Date submitted
28 Oct 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance. DESCRIPTION: Reflections on remembrance. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated GV Cenotaph service. CU taken from ground, looking up at the face of the Cenotaph. LS atom bomb exploding. CU Glorious Dead on cenotaph. MS Vyshinsky speaking (silent). MS of street, with building on all three side looking up. Over camera - formation of Lancasters. MS Red Army troops parading. Gendarmes tackle general public. CU Togliatti addressing large crowds. GV Thorez addressing large crowds. MS Big Ben at eleven o’clock. Elevated GV Cenotaph service. CU looking up Cenotaph with flags fluttering on same.
Keywords
Commemorations; Ceremonies
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
50982
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Remembrance Day 1948 - Spoken by Leslie Mitchell', British Movietone News Issue No. 1014, 8 Nov 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15417 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)