Two New Commonwealth Premiers

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1071A
Date Released
15 Dec 1949
Date submitted
12 Dec 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Two New Commonwealth Premiers. DESCRIPTION: MR HOLLAND - NEW ZEALAND - The new Prime Minister received thousands of messages of congratulations on the election victory of his National Party. MR MENZIES - AUSTRALIA - Australia too has turned to the right and Canberra is once again ready to welcome Mr Menzies as Prime Minister. He was Australia’s War Premier and is well known in Britain. SHOTLIST: KS. GV lake with mountains in background, New Zealand. At Christchurch, Mr Holland with his wife & two daughters, Jocelyn & Lois. Pan of above CU Mr Holland. Mr Holland walks around his farm which is 60 miles from Christchurch. Australia - Canberra, SCU Mr & Mrs Menzies in front of Government House. CU Mr Menzies. GV Government House - Canberra. Mr Menzies inspecting damage at Coventry. SCU & CU Mr Menzies speaking on the Empire in London. (All the Australian subject (Mr Menzies) is Library material).
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
New Zealand; Australia
Footage sources
Australia
Library
Card file number
52918
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
171
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Two New Commonwealth Premiers', British Movietone News Issue No. 1071A, 15 Dec 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16100 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)