Commonwealth Conference

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1339A
Date Released
3 Feb 1955
Date submitted
1 Feb 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commonwealth Conference. DESCRIPTION: There was a crowd at Number 10 Downing Street, to see the arrival of the Commonwealth Premiers. Inside, the Commonwealth representatives posed for photographic records before getting down to important business. SHOTLIST: KS 10 Downing Street. Crowds outside No 10. Arrival of ministers Sir Godfrey Huggins, Mr Holland, Mr Swart, Sir John Kotelawala, Mr Mohammed Ali. Now inside No 10. First shot is of Churchill and Mr St Laurent walking towards the camera. Then a group shot. All the ministers pose for the camera. Now various informal conversations between the ministers, including a shot of Churchill showing the ministers a framed postal-order for 5/- which he had received from an old age pensioner on his birthday. Final shots of Eden talking to ministers and Churchill with Menzies.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
London; England; 10 Downing Street, London
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
62782
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
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'Commonwealth Conference', British Movietone News Issue No. 1339A, 3 Feb 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19824 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)