Berlin Elections

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1123

Date Released

11 Dec 1950

Date submitted

7 Dec 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Lady Mayoress Visits Sick Children’s Toy Scheme
2. 2To Fight the Rebels
3. 3Berlin Elections
4. 4200 Years of Fashion
5. 5Greek Welcome for Princess and Duke
6. 6Prime Minister’s American Mission

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Elections (Municipal). DESCRIPTION: West Berlin’s Municipal elections undoubtedly triumphed over all Communist efforts to persuade the people to boycott them. SHOTLIST: KS. Procession of lorries pass through street displaying political posters, etc. Various shots of people queueing to vote. Various shots of German posters stuck all over the place, including close-ups. Interior - SCU person marking vote paper. MS person enters voting booth. Emptying votes from box. Casting votes. Official marks off book. MS of results on wall of building - interior.

Keywords

Politics and government; Occupied territories

Locations

Berlin

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

54716

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

62

Story extras:

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