News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2318A

Date Released

8 Nov 1973

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Great Britain V Australia - Rugby
• 2. Churchill Statue
• 3. News in Colour: Bonfire Carnivals

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill Statue. DESCRIPTION: Lady Spencer Churchill unveils a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, in the presence of the Queen and Queen Mother - VIPs and politicians of all parties. SHOTLIST: SV Queen Mother arriving. LV line of VIPs waiting. LV Queen arriving. LV crowd watching. CU Anthony Eden talking to Harold Wilson with PM Heath & Selwyn Lloyd in back ground. SV Queen on dais making speech. GV distinguished audience applaud. SV pan Queen steps down from dais & joins Lady Churchill. GV Lady Spencer Churchill unveils statue with Queen standing alongside, angle shot Churchill statue. CU name Churchill pan up to statue. CU William Whitelaw. CU Macmillan looking up at statue. CU Sir Alec Douglas Home looking up. SV statue. GV statue with marines in fore ground and Parliament in back ground. Full CU Churchill statue.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies

Locations

Parliament Square

Card file number

99483

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

117

Story extras:

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