Essex - Bomb Banners March Again

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1697A
Date Released
14 Dec 1961
Date submitted
11 Dec 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bomb Banners March Again. DESCRIPTION: In spite of a security raid on the London Headquarters of the Committee of One Hundred, their plans were carried through. The organisers’ chief aim was said to be the so called invasion of the United States Air Force Base at Wethersfield. Obviously, therefore, the necessary measures had to be taken at the base to keep demonstrators out, and well over eight hundred arrests were made. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV street. MCU sign. CU paper (Committee of 100). MS picture of policeman, door opens to people. CU plan. MS woman. MS another. MS fence of wire. MS soldier behind fence. MS two soldiers. MS same. GV pan - base. GV planes. GV plane. GV soldiers with dogs. CU sign. MS dog. Marchers with police (6 shots). CU sign Keep Out. GV marchers sit down. Marchers sitting down (3 shots). GV helicopter. Marchers fighting with police (6 shots).
Keywords
Aviation; Demonstrations; Crime; Military; Nuclear energy
Locations
Wethersfield
Card file number
83572
Credits:
Camera
Ken Taylor
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
167
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Essex - Bomb Banners March Again', British Movietone News Issue No. 1697A, 14 Dec 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24400 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)