Two-Way Church

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1487A
Date Released
5 Dec 1957
Date submitted
25 Nov 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Two-Way Church. DESCRIPTION: A Church (at an American Air Base near Newbury, Berkshire), has two distinct purposes, first it serves the Roman Catholic community. The second purpose of the Church is evident, when a turntable makes it a simple matter for the Catholic altar to be followed by a Protestant one. A Catholic and a Protestant Church in one. SHOTLIST: GS church. Shots of Catholics arriving for service. Interior GS altar. SCU 2 mothers and babies in the specially built’ Cry Box’. Shots of altar being turned round on turntable for Protestant service. Shots of Protestant congregation arriving.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Curiosities; Religion and belief
Locations
Berkshire; Greenham Common
Card file number
72199
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Two-Way Church', British Movietone News Issue No. 1487A, 5 Dec 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22072 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)