Press Centre
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Press Centre. DESCRIPTION: This 6 million London International Press Centre - ‘topped out’ by Minister of State for the Environment Peter Walker. The building in the heart of the nation’s newspaper world will eventually become the world’s most comprehensive communication centre. SHOTLIST: Angle shot Press Centre building pan down to street. CU pan down sign London International Press Centre to be let. MS pan Evening News van arriving. MS Daily Mirror van, pan to press building. MCU Peter Walker & others enter lift. Angle shot press building. GV press building with lift going up outside. MCU Walker & others in lift. TV from top of press building lift coming up. Shot from inside lift as lift gets to top & doors open, camera leaves lift and starts across catwalk. FV Walker leaves lift & walks across catwalk pan as he walks over & greets press, officials etc. CU shovel with inscription. MS cement bucket swing across pan down to hole ready for cement. MS people watching. MS cement poured into hole. CU ditto. MCU 3 engineers watching. MS Walker spreading cement. CU Walker pan down to cement pan round view of other buildings from top of press centre pan across 3 engineers looking out over London, St Paul’s etc.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Ceremonies
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 97975
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 146
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How to cite this record
'Press Centre', British Movietone News Issue No. 2233, 20 Mar 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29300 (Accessed 30 Jun 2025)