Seretse Khama Comes to England Alone

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1081

Date Released

20 Feb 1950

Date submitted

16 Feb 1950

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seretse Khama Comes to England Alone. DESCRIPTION: The story of Seretse Khama and the Bamangwatos of Bechuanaland has been well in the news again, he went to Francistown Airport en route to Southampton where he arrived by BOAC flying boat. SHOTLIST: KS. Elevated GV of village - Serowe. GV village. MS natives seated in circle (native parliament session). GV main street of Francistown. GV hotel Palapye. Seretse Khama on airfield at Francistown. Talking (silent) with other tribal chiefs. Board small plane. Plane taxies & takes off. Preceded by shot of natives watching behind barbed wire. Bechuanaland Protectorate Police on airfield. SCU of Mrs Ruth Williams (Mrs Seretse Khama) seated in car watching her husband’s departure (take care of these only cine pictures in our possession). Small plane in flight mix to BOAC flying boat taxies into quay at Southampton. Seretse Khama alights & escorted through dozens of pressmen & cameramen.

Keywords

Politics and government; Independence movements

Locations

Francistown

Card file number

53234

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

159

Story extras:

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