A Palace in Baghdad

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1524
Date Released
18 Aug 1958
Date submitted
14 Aug 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Palace in Baghdad. DESCRIPTION: Here is a model of the new palace which was being built for King Feisal of Iraq in Baghdad, but was far from complete at the time of his assassination. It is reported that the new Iraqi Government intends to complete the work. It has not yet decided what use it will make of the magnificent building. SHOTLIST: 4 shots model of Palace. MS planners seated. CU same. GV new palace. diff. angle palace. Closer same. CU roof of palace pan down to floor. GV corridor in palace. GV roof. Slip pan to swimming pool (3). GV palace (2).
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Engineering
Locations
Iraq; Baghdad
Card file number
74669
Credits:
Camera
Flouty
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
74
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Palace in Baghdad', British Movietone News Issue No. 1524, 18 Aug 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22550 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)