Anniversary of Relief of Ladysmith

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1084A
Date Released
16 Mar 1950
Date submitted
7 Mar 1950
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jubilee of Ladysmith. DESCRIPTION: To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the relief of Ladysmith, they staged a march-past at the Town Hall. There was a great gathering of old veterans of the siege. At the municipal banquet one honoured guest was ex-bugler Hawksbee, now a Chelsea Pensioner, who had come out from England for the celebrations. SHOTLIST: KS. GV elevated shot of Ladysmith. Aerial ditto. MS stone commemorating where Churchill was captured. GV culvert & farm. Veterans inspects same, train passes in background. Veterans at Colenso monument. Stone memorial to Lt Roberts. Cemetery at Chievely. Map of South Africa. Elevated pan of Ladysmith. Troops march past Town Hall at Ladysmith, with veterans looking on, standing near old gun. CU old lady. Interior - veterans entertained to dinner, pan of same stopping on old Chelsea Pensioner. CU ditto. Exterior Chelsea Pensioner walks across aerodrome to plane. Plane takes off & in flight. Aerial of the countryside over which the siege took place, this being Ladysmith & Spion Kop, memorial can be picked out quite easily.
Keywords
Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
South Africa; Natal; Ladysmith
Card file number
53354
Credits:
Camera
H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
164
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Anniversary of Relief of Ladysmith', British Movietone News Issue No. 1084A, 16 Mar 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16266 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)