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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1374

Date Released

3 Oct 1955

Date submitted

29 Sep 1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. World Wide Survey: France - A Postman’s Holiday
• 2. World Wide Survey: Austria - Army’s First Parade
• 3. World Wide Survey: Sweden - Tribute to Famous Sculptor
• 4. World Wide Survey: Turkey - Finance Conference
• 5. World Wide Survey: Israel - Border Incident
• 6. World Wide Survey: Israel - Oil Strike
• 7. World Wide Survey: USA - The President’s Illness
• 8. World Wide Survey: Argentina - New Leader Acclaimed
• 9. World Wide Survey: Cambodia - Elections
• 10. World Wide Survey: South Africa - Last Rugger Test
• 11. World Wide Survey: Great Britain - What’s the Time

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 11

Section Title

World Wide Survey

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Conference of Monetary Rights. DESCRIPTION: Istanbul, though no longer the Turkish capital was chosen as site for the tenth annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund. SHOTLIST: GV Istanbul waterfront and buildings. GV Various views of streets and traffic. SCU delegates going into conference. CU notice board bearing name of conference and symbol. CU Mendes-France and various ministers arriving (Ahmed Zaki Saad, Governor of International Bank). LS interior of Conference Hall.

Keywords

Economics; Conferences

Locations

Turkey; Istanbul

Footage sources

France

Card file number

64705

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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