Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Manchester Freedom for Winston Churchill
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 7 / 7
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Manchester Freedom for Winston Churchill. DESCRIPTION: Thousands attended inside and outside Manchester Town Hall to see Winston Churchill receive the Freedom of the City. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV Town Hall. Ditto street in fore. Lord Woolton by car, Winston Churchill alights gives V sign, followed by his son-in-law Christopher Soames. Crowds stand around entrance. Interior, audience inside Hall. MS Lord Mayor, Miss Kingsmill Jones, addresses the meeting. Presents casket to Churchill. MS of same. Churchill bends over and writes name in Freemans Book. MS & CU Churchill addressing the audience. Refers to the handsome tribute paid to him by the Lord Mayor, which should be paid when one is dead, also speaks of I am addressed as Prime Minister, Minister of Defence etc., now that I have been relieved of the titles etc. - laughter & applause. MS Churchill preceded by Lord Mayor leaves platform amid applause, passing through the audience. Cut-ins of audience listening.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Awards and honours
- Locations
- Manchester
- Footage sources
- British Paramount
- Card file number
- 49534
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Camera
- Paul Wyand
- Length of story (in feet)
- 200
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