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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1032

Date Released

14 Mar 1949

Date submitted

7 Mar 1949

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Council Elections in South Africa
• 2. Mass Sowing for Britain’s Food
• 3. US Holds Spy Suspects
• 4. Carnival Rag in Snowstorm
• 5. Racing - Old Time Atmosphere for Centenary Race
• 6. Racing - Lord Mildmay’s National Hunt ‘Chase Success’
• *Rowan and Paterson to Fight for Bantam Title

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smuts & the South African Council Election. DESCRIPTION: Canvassing near Pretoria, Field Marshal Smuts makes a strong bid for a victory in the Provincial elections. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV street scene. Small crowd on country road, waiting for Smuts. Smuts walks along country road with small crowd following. CU Smuts. SCU Smuts talking (silent). SCU types listening to Smuts. SCU Smuts & wife in their garden, Smuts picks a rose from a bunch of roses held by Mrs Smuts.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Johannesburg

Card file number

51597

Credits:

Camera

H. Duncan Abraham

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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