Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mikado Becomes Constitutional Monarch
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese New Constitution. DESCRIPTION: The Emperor of Japan has decreed constitutional liberty and democratic government in his country. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated shot of crowds surging round open carriage of the Mikado. Police fail to hold huge crowds back. Mikado dressed in western clothes. Mikado alights from carriage, is followed by Empress of Japan. Cut-ins - close-ups of elder statesmen. Shots of Hirohito walking towards building. Hirohito reads the Imperial Script to the public. GV House of Peers.
- Locations
- Tokyo
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 47795
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 63
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