Festival Site Grows

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1105
Date Released
7 Aug 1950
Date submitted
31 Jul 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festival Site Grows. DESCRIPTION: A glance at the site of the Festival of Britain shows that good progress is being made. The new bridge across the Thames giving additional access to the South Bank is complete. SHOTLIST: KS. GV across river of Festival of Britain site partially completed. GV of Bailey Bridge across river shot from Embankment. Various shots of site showing the Festival Hall, the Dome of Discovery. Workmen carrying aluminium girder on his shoulder past camera. SCU Shot Tower looking up same. From top of same, GVs of the Festival of Britain with Parliament in the background. Cut-in LS from Big Ben showing Parliament Square with new road under construction.
Locations
London
Card file number
54052
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Festival Site Grows', British Movietone News Issue No. 1105, 7 Aug 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16582 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)