News in Brief: African Jubilee

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1420A
Date Released
23 Aug 1956
Date Other
Aug 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 9
Section Title
News in Brief
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: African Jubilee. DESCRIPTION: The Angoni people rejoice, because they’ve enjoyed 52 years of British protection. As the Queen’s representative Sir Robert Armitage (the Governor) gets a royal salute. SHOTLIST: CU native banging on shield. 2 shots of natives dancing. 2 shots of Sir Robert Armitage moving amongst natives. CU women making noise of salute. MS line of native warriors. CU warrior. CU baby on woman’s back. Various shots of dancing.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Nyasaland
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
67962A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News in Brief: African Jubilee', British Movietone News Issue No. 1420A, 23 Aug 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21134 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)