Vikings Invade London

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1052A

Date Released

4 Aug 1949

Date submitted

2 Aug 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Humpty Dumpty
2. 2Winston’s Painting Holiday
3. 3Holiday Varieties
4. 4Youthful Channel Swimmers
5. 5Vikings Invade London
6. 6England V France
7. 7Epic of the Amethyst

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vikings Invade London. DESCRIPTION: Arriving at Richmond after rowing the greater part of the way up the River Thames, the Vikings were given a grand welcome by crowds gathered on the towpath. SHOTLIST: KS. GV Tower Bridge opened. Ditto. Boat "Hugin" passes through. Elevated under camera shot passing under bridge. People line Thames Embankment. Cut-in Houses of Parliament. Line of people along Embankment. At Richmond (Surrey), hundreds of boats on river. Thousands of people on banks greet them as they come ashore. Crew walk through avenue of cheering crowds, shaking their hands.

Keywords

Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

London

Card file number

52338

Credits:

Camera

Alec Tozer

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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