Strasbourg - Britain’s War-Time Premier Welcomed
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
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Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Council of Europe - Strasbourg. DESCRIPTION: On arrival at the Council of Europe Mr Churchill is greeted with a kiss from an Alsatian girl. Inside the conference M Spaak is elected President. Outside in the Place Kleber, Churchill addresses thousands from the balcony, speaking in French. SHOTLIST: GV. Strasbourg. M Herriot stands in open car. Bevin arrives. Churchill arrives (kissed by French girl). Interior of the Council chamber. CU various personalities. M Spaak of Belgium voted Chairman. Churchill on balcony addresses huge crowd "warns them he will speak in French - To the effect that the idea of forming a European Parliament is to stop aggression" etc.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Diplomacy
- Locations
- Strasbourg
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 52401
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 176
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'Strasbourg - Britain’s War-Time Premier Welcomed', British Movietone News Issue No. 1054A, 18 Aug 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15890 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)