Haiti’s World’s Fair

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1074
Date Released
2 Jan 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Haiti’s World Fair. DESCRIPTION: When President Estime officially opened the Harry S Truman Boulevard at Port-au-Prince, he was also inaugurating the bi-centennial exhibition staged by the people of Haiti. SHOTLIST: MS President Estime & wife. CU ribbon cut, tilt up to President. GV presidential party walk towards camera. GV street with crowd and flags. GV modern arch. GV modern sculptures in lake. GV another sculpture in front of buildings. Trucking shot road and modern buildings. MS man playing drum. CU his hands hitting drum, GV drummer & girl dancing. CU head of drummer. CU girl, GV of both.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Haiti
Card file number
52998A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Haiti’s World’s Fair', British Movietone News Issue No. 1074, 2 Jan 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16122 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)