News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1419A

Date Released

16 Aug 1956

Date submitted

10 Aug 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Queen in the Western Isles
• 2. Aviation: Naval Air Display
• 3. Aviation: Britannia’s Sales Tour
• 4. Aviation: Airlift
• 5. Cyprus Today - A Trooper on the Tide
• 6. Cyprus Today - Red Devils New HQ
• 7. Cyprus Today - Harvest Time
• 8. Sporting Scene: A Mass Display
• 9. Sporting Scene: Outboard Trophy
• 10. Sporting Scene: Ulster Tt
• 11. Sporting Scene: Diving Maniacs
• *Opening of the Soccer Season

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Red Devils New Hq. DESCRIPTION: The new Headquarters for the Parachute Brigade and feverish activity marked the preparations for their arrival, when they docked at Famagusta. SHOTLIST: GV HQ building. Various shots of tents being erected before arrival of Red Devils.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Cyprus; Famagusta

Card file number

67882

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

John Davies

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

29

Story extras:

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