Learning on ScreenMovietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Film Premiere Starts Riot
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Premiere Causes Riot. DESCRIPTION: A Communist attempt to stop the premiere of the film The Iron Curtain, led to fighting in New York’s theatrical district. SHOTLIST: KS GV Roxy Theatre with Iron Curtain displayed in lights etc. GV theatre, with traffic passing in fore. Various shots of pickets walking outside theatre, displaying banners etc. Several shots of police mingling with the Communist crowds and dispersing same. Shots of people queuing to enter cinema and shots of them entering, police stand by for any further trouble. Night material.
- Keywords
- Riots
- Locations
- New York
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 50229
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 74
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