News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1586

Date Released

26 Oct 1959

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Autumn Collection
• 2. Out of the Depths
• 3. Still Burning
• 4. Such a Pretty Bull
• 5. Mr Butler Weds
• 6. A Boy with a Brush
• 7. Gone Away

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mr Butler Weds. DESCRIPTION: Mr RA Butler, Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons, arrived in the rain for his wedding. He was accompanied by his best man, Sir Hubert Ashton. The bride, Mrs Mollie Courtauld, was escorted by her eldest son, Christopher, who gave her away. The wedding was solemnised at the Church of St Mary the Virgin at Ashwell in Hertfordshire, at which few except relatives and close friends were present. SHOTLIST: LS crowd outside church. MS Mr Butler enters church. MS Mrs Mollie Courtauld (bride) enters church. LS church. MS cameramen. MS Mr & Mrs Butler posing. MS Mr & Mrs Butler walking (2). Closer same. MS couple enter car. MS car drives off.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weather; Marriages

Locations

England

Card file number

78428

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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