Defence Committee at the Hague

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1087A

Date Released

6 Apr 1950

Date Other

Apr 1950

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Defence Meeting at the Hague. DESCRIPTION: At the Juliana Barracks at the Hague a meeting of the Defence Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was attended by Mr Shinwell. This conference followed closely on the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff and was held to consider their collective recommendations. SHOTLIST: Shot of Juliana Barracks. Mr Shinwell arrives and is greeted. Various shots of the meeting in progress. Panning shot of the meeting. Shots of Mr Johnson (America’s Secretary of Defence) sitting next to General Bradley. Shot of Field Marshal Slim (Britain’s CIGS) sitting next to Mr Shinwell. Mr Johnson making speech. Top shot of meeting in progress. Various CUs of Mr Johnson whilst making speech.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Yorkshire.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

The Hague; Juliana Barracks

Card file number

53512

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

158

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