Awards for Police Heroes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1231A
Date Released
8 Jan 1953
Date submitted
6 Jan 1953
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Awards for Police Heroes. DESCRIPTION: Sir Harold Scott, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, had a pleasant duty to perform at Croydon Police Station, when he went there to congratulate the Policemen concerned. The awards, of course, are the sequel to the arrest of Craig and Bentley. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS Police standing in group. Sir Harold Scott congratulating men on part they played in arrest of Craig and Bentley. Later all receiving various Honours. One is Sergeant Fairfax. All shaking hands amongst selves.
Keywords
Crime; Awards and honours
Card file number
58367
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Martin Gray
Length of story (in feet)
89
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Awards for Police Heroes', British Movietone News Issue No. 1231A, 8 Jan 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18292 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)