News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1389

Date Released

16 Jan 1956

Date submitted

12 Jan 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Arsenal Get Through
• 2. Red Berets for Cyprus
• 3. Red Berets for Cyprus
• 4. World’s Biggest Carrier
• 5. The Cops Collect
• 6. Sir Winston - Another Medal
• 7. Sir Winston Churchill Arrives in Nice
• 8. The Sporting Scene: Cross Country
• 9. The Sporting Scene: One Born Every Minute
• 10. The Sporting Scene: Roll Out the Barrels
• 11. The Sporting Scene: Downhill
• *Football - Manchester City V Blackpool
• *Wingless Plane

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paratroops Leave for Cyprus. DESCRIPTION: At Blackbushe Airfield, men of the First and Third Parachute Battalions prepare to leave for Cyprus, to strengthen British forces in the Middle East. SHOTLIST: GVs airport at dawn, with planes and troops standing around. CU lines of paratroopers. CU troops enter plane turn and smile at the camera. CU Brigadier Butler bids farewell to his wife, enters plane and waves.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Blackbushe

Card file number

65646

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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