Scenes Of Phnom Penh In Peaceful Days

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Slug
Cambodia Backgrounder
Date
19 Sep 1973
Dateline
Phnom Penh
Script
Various scenes of life and surroundings in Phnom Penh just before the escalation of war in Cambodia. Life looks normal. Traffic Embassies and school scenes.
Shotlist
  • 1. ws street scenes in Phnom Penh
  • 2. various shots rickshaws tuck-tucks and motorbikes
  • 3. various shots taxibuses
  • 4. various shots rickshaws parked
  • 5. various shots taxibuses
  • 6. various shots tuck-tuck taxis
  • 7. various cu’s traffic lights
  • 8. ws road junction and policeman directing traffic
  • 9. ms rickshaws at junction
  • 10. various shots crossroads
  • 11. various ws and zoom in of Monorom Hotel
  • 13. ms car parking in hotel car park
  • 14. ms westerners relaxing in hotel grounds
  • 15. various ws people at veranda tables
  • 16. various shots westerners relaxing girls in bikinis swimming woman reading paper and laughing
  • 17. various shots flowering tree
  • 18. various shots front of hotel
  • 19. various shots Hotel Sukhalay Hotel Khemara Hotel Mondial SNA other hotels un-named
  • 20. ws memorial statue in park
  • 21. ws French flag on French Embassy
  • 22. various shots French Embassy and pan to new building name plate on Embassy
  • 23. various shots Embassy district nameplates Korea
  • 24. various shots ws street outside Embassies street signs and junction
  • 25. ms sign in front of medical centre zoom out
  • 26. ws street scene traffic
  • 27. various shots exterior of Soviet Embassy notice board for 50th Anniversary of USSR
  • 28. various shots other public buildings including children’s hospital large old French colonial houses
  • 29. ws and cu’s of Phnom Penh Cathedral
  • 30. ms and zoom out Buddhist temple pan to High School
  • 31. various shots Cambodian teenagers outside school
  • 32. ws Library building
  • 33. various shots Cambodian school children
  • 34. mcu road sign
  • 35. various shots public park
  • 36. various shots Library building
  • 37. various shots motor scooters parked
  • 38. various shots Cambodians playing and watching tennis
  • 39. various shots swimming pool and tennis courts
  • 40. various shots children’s playground
  • 41. ms French cars parked
  • 42. ms coconuts in tree
  • 43. various shots teenage boys playing basketball
  • 44. various shots sports activities
  • 45. various shots High School children outside school talking socialising
  • 46. ws street and traffic
  • 47. various ms boys playing table tennis
  • 48. mcu sign for Judo
  • 49. mcu Portrait of King
  • 50. mcu wall sign for Ai-Ki-Do
  • 51. ms boys playing billiards
Film status
Library
Processing date
19 Sep 1973
Processing location
London
Original film
Colour Reversal
Original sound
Mute
Duration
00:27:10:14
Sources
AP Television
NoS ID
z017542

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'Scenes Of Phnom Penh In Peaceful Days', 19 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z017542 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)