Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Evacuation of Egypt Begun
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Evacuation of Egypt Begun. DESCRIPTION: The British Army is beginning its evacuation of Egypt and the construction of a new GCHQ at Fayid in the Canal Zone. SHOTLIST: GV dump of surplus military equipment (x5). GV soldier dismantling tank. CU soldier swings sledgehammer. Various shots of tanks dismantled. GV & MS line of army lorries with prospective buyers looking at them. MS Egyptians look at pile of tyres. GV lines of small electric motors. MS Egyptians look at same. GV people looking at equipment (x5). MS auction. CU auctioneer with megaphone. 5 shots of various Egyptians bidding. MS money changing hands. MS two military policemen. Whip pan GV Semiranis Hotel in Cairo. MS sign Headquarters British Troops in Egypt. MS sentries. 2 shots of burning maps and papers. GV crates loaded onto lorries (x2). GV lorry along road. LS Union Jack lowered. MS & CU General Dempsey seated at desk (x3). GV New GHQ at Fayid under construction. GV road under construction (x3). LS German prisoners of war working on building (x3). GV POW up telegraph pole (x4). MS interior Telephone Exchange being assembled (x3). Pan along switchboard. CU two officers look at plans. GV Married Quarters. MS building under construction. LAS POW’s building & LS. GV statue of footballer pan to Football Stadium. GVs stadium. MS sign Great Bitter Lake Stadium. LS The Great Bitter Lake.
- Keywords
- Military
- Card file number
- 47792
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 290
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