Press Centre

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2233
Date Released
20 Mar 1972
Stories in this 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:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Press Centre', British Movietone News Issue No. 2233, 20 Mar 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29300 (Accessed 09 Jun 2025)