Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Tommy Handley’s Last Journey
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Crowds Mourn Tommy Handley. DESCRIPTION: Huge crowds watch the funeral cortege of Tommy Handley on its way to Golders Green Crematorium. Large crowds outside the Chapel listened to the service which was broadcast. SHOTLIST: KS Crowds outside Chapel. Funeral cortege makes its way through thick crowds of London streets to Golders Green Crematorium. Alights from cars, Ted Kavanagh (writer), Ronald Frankau, Jack Hylton, Sam Costa, Fred Yule, Jack Warner, Paula Green. Charles Shadwell and Lind Joyce walk into chapel grounds. SCU of the last three. Crowds outside as cortege turns into chapel. Various shots of crowds outside chapel listening to the broadcasted service. GV chapel & crowds over which was being sung O God our help in Ages Past.
- Keywords
- Social events; Funerals
- Locations
- Golders Green
- Card file number
- 51330
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Alec Tozer
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 150
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How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Tommy Handley’s Last Journey', British Movietone News Issue No. 1024, 17 Jan 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15518 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)