Philadelphia Orchestra Rehearses for British Tour. (Exclusive Pictures)
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Philadelphia Orchestra. DESCRIPTION: At the Birmingham Town Hall we see the Philadelphia Orchestra rehearsing for the British tour under the direction of Eugene Ormandy. SHOTLIST: KS Town Hall. GV ditto. Placards displayed outside same, various angles. Cases of instruments being carried into Town Hall. Interior - orchestra tuning up. SV CU Eugene Ormandy walks onto rostrum. Various shots of him conducting orchestra, cut-ins of fiddles, woodwind, flutes etc. Pans of orchestra. They are playing Brahms Second Symphony.
- Keywords
- Music and dance
- Locations
- Birmingham Town Hall
- Card file number
- 51996
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 275
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How to cite this record
'Philadelphia Orchestra Rehearses for British Tour. (Exclusive Pictures)', British Movietone News Issue No. 1042A, 26 May 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15751 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)