Smuts Departs

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1069A
Date Released
1 Dec 1949
Date submitted
28 Nov 1949
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trailer: Christmas is Coming
  2. 2World Trade Union Get Together
  3. 3Smuts Departs
  4. 4Service Posters - Old and New
  5. 5To Succour Mountaineers
  6. 6Ship Breaks in Two
  7. 7Wedding of Queen’s God-Daughter
  8. 8Princes Sees Cathedral Relics
  9. 9Yuletide Fun for the Kids

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smuts Departs. DESCRIPTION: Lord and Lady Tedder were at London Airport to see General Smuts off on his flight home to South Africa. SHOTLIST: KS. SCU Skymaster on runway. MS Skymaster. Smuts with Lord & Lady Tedder approach plane also with them is Smuts grand-daughter. Smuts shakes hands, mounts steps & turns to camera to wave. SCU & CU Smuts saying a few words before leaving. Waves & enters plane. Skymaster taxies.
Keywords
Politics and government; Military
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
52850
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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