Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Notes from Overseas - America, France and Cambodia
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Notes From Overseas. DESCRIPTION: In Washington President Truman receives an award from Archbishop Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church. The King of Cambodia recently received back the province of Battambang. In America the Grand Canyon was the setting for a display of fashions featuring Red Indian designs. In Nice they celebrated their Carnival in sunshine. SHOTLIST: KS Water. Interior shot Truman receiving Holy Sepulchre award from Archbishop Athenagoras. SCU prelate kissing Truman after decorating him. SLIP PAN (French Indo China) King of Cambodia with Admiral D’Argenleu walk across aerodrome, in background transport plane, this is in the province of Battambang. King seated on throne receives gifts from civilians, girl presents him with small tree. The above walks through lines of kneeling girls. The King plants tree assisted by the Admiral. SLIP PAN Grand Canyon, Arizona, various shots of mannequins, men, women and children displaying Red Indian designs etc. with background of the Grand Canyon. Silhouettes of Californian looking from an Indian Tower, across country. Mannequin girl walks to tree stump, seats herself down. Several close ups of her, several angles, mannequins walk to top of Canyon, her ankle length skirt fluttering in the wind, she pretends to look at the surrounding scenery. SLIP PAN In Nice, South of France, elevated and several angle shots of Nice Carnival procession under way, person dressed up as cameraman, shots of procession, some most hideous passing in the procession, procession taken from various angles.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Celebrations and festivals; Fashion and costume
- Footage sources
- France
USM?
- Card file number
- 48181
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 206
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