Commonwealth Conference
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commonwealth Conference. DESCRIPTION: At Marlborough House, in London, leaders of eighteen independent Commonwealth Nations, representing over 730 million people, assembled for the Commonwealth Conference. There are many problems facing the conference, which is one of the most crucial ever held. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Marlborough House. LS same. LAS flags. CU sign Marlborough House. MS Sir Alec Douglas Home arrives. MS Mr Duncan Sandys arrives. MS Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Nigeria). MS Dr Eric Williams (Trinidad and Tobago). GV marquee. LS Lester Pearson (Canada). Sir Robert Menzies (Australia) and Mr KJ Holyoake (New Zealand). CU Mr Pearson. CU Mr Holyoake. CU Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia). MS Mr Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya). CU President Nkrumah (Ghana). CU President Julius Nyerere (Tanganyika). CU Dr Milton Obote (Uganda). CU Sir Alec. MS same. CU Mr Albert Margai (Sierra Leone). CU Mrs SRD Bandaranaike (Ceylon). CU Mr DB Sangster (Jamaica). CU Mr Kyprianou (Cyprus). MS Jomo Kenyatta walking. Mrs Indira Gandhi walking. BS delegates enter conference room. GV conference room. CU President Ayub Khan (Pakistan). CU Mr Krishnamachari (India). MS Sir Alec. GV conference.
- Keywords
- Politics and government
- Locations
- London; Marlborough House
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 88576
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 147
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How to cite this record
'Commonwealth Conference', British Movietone News Issue No. 1832, 13 Jul 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25607 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)