Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Morrison Starts South Bank Scheme
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Morrison Drives Pile to Start South Bank Scheme. DESCRIPTION: Mr Morrison performs the ceremony of starting the pile driver which inserts the first steel pile into the the bed of the River Thames. SHOTLIST: KS Herbert Morrison walks towards camera. County Hall in background. Elevated GV of River Thames; pans to South Bank showing rubble etc. Morrison walks to edge of riverbank. Hand on turn cock. Cut-ins of pile driver driving in first pile. GV rubble high on riverbank. GV pile driver working. GV artist’s impression of 1951 exhibition.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Ceremonies
- Locations
- London; River Thames
- Card file number
- 51343
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 65
-
Film clip
• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- AP Archive
- info@aparchive.com
- Web
- http://www.movietone.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7482 7482
- Series held
- View all series held by AP Archive
How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Morrison Starts South Bank Scheme', British Movietone News Issue No. 1024A, 20 Jan 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15526 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)