America Welcomes Mr Churchill

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1179A
Date Released
10 Jan 1952
Date submitted
8 Jan 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: America Welcomes Mr Churchill. DESCRIPTION: As the Queen Mary approached New York, the first welcome accorded to Mr Churchill was from those aboard the Coastguard Cutter that went down to meet the liner. His daughter Sarah was one of them and soon the whole party were in the cutter on their way to land. At a Press reception shortly afterwards, Mr Churchill explained the aims of his visit. From New York, the Premier flew to Washington, where he was greeted by Mr Truman. SHOTLIST: Cut story -KS. Queen Mary GV at sea. Queen Mary shots of her with coastguard cutter approaching. SCU cutter. Churchill & Eden off QM onto cutter. Cutter leaving QM out of camera. Interior - Churchill addresses press conference - CU of him. Drives out of sheds. Independence takes off from New York. Taxies at Washington. Capitol in background. Churchill alights from plane, greeted by Truman. Truman greets Eden. All walk across aerodrome to American Congressmen, shakes hands with several. CU Truman & Churchill, Truman welcomes Churchill. Churchill replies.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Aviation; Conferences; Military
Locations
New York; Washington DC
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
56588
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
299
Story extras:
Film clip

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'America Welcomes Mr Churchill', British Movietone News Issue No. 1179A, 10 Jan 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17547 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)