Gandhi Remembered
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gandhi Remembered. DESCRIPTION: Mr Nehru and the Mayor of St Pancras walk through Tavistock Square in London. He was to receive, on behalf of the Gandhi Memorial Committee the gift of a site in the Square on which a memorial will be erected to the Mahatma. Few men have done more than Nehru to further Gandhi’s work. Gandhi’s funeral is shown in flashback. Mr Nehru attended. Fantastic crowd scenes. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Mr Nehru and Mayoress of St Pancras (pan) MS crowds. MCU Mr Nehru and Mayoress (pan) MS crowds. MS Mr Nehru and party. CU Gandhi. MCU same with followers. MS Gandhi with followers in garden. TS mass crowds. LS same. (2 shots) Gandhi’s body makes its way to cremation ceremony. MS procession. MS Mr Nehru in procession (2 shots). Earl Mountbatten at ceremony. MLS the cremation. Crowds watching. MS same.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Local government
- Locations
- London; India
- Card file number
- 85169
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Abbott
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 111
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