Academy Awards

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2132A
Date Released
16 Apr 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Film Awards. DESCRIPTION: The biggest night of the year for stars of the screen and the men behind the top films of 1969, as Hollywood presents the annual Academy Awards - the coveted Oscars. SHOTLIST: GV pavilion. SCU Mrs & Mr Zanuck. CU John Wayne arrives. TV interior crowd. TV Jerome Hellman (Producer) by Taylor for best picture (Midnight Cowboy). TV pan from Taylor to Hellman. GV crowd. SCU ‘Hello Dolly’ sound award. Candice Bergen in b/g. GV Conrad Hall award (cinematography) from John Wayne for ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’. TV Burt Bacarach (best score). TV best actress award to Maggie Smith for ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’, Oscar given to Alice Ghostly on Smith’s behalf. TV Richard Burton. John Wayne best actor for ‘True Grit’. TV Wayne presented by Barbra Streisand.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Cinema; Performing arts; Cameramen; Newsreels
Locations
Hollywood
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
95819
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
183
Story extras:

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'Academy Awards', British Movietone News Issue No. 2132A, 16 Apr 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28264 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)