Commonwealth Conference

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1127

Date Released

8 Jan 1951

Date submitted

4 Jan 1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prime Ministers at No 10, Downing Street. (Commonwealth Conference). DESCRIPTION: With Mr Attlee at Number Ten were the representatives of the Commonwealth Nations. Before getting down to the first talks, Britain’s Prime Minister gave an introduction to the Conference. Mr Nehru spoke briefly on the subject of Korea and the prospects of peace. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS No 10, Downing Street, interior - entering room in following order, Mr Attlee, Mr Nehru, Mr St Laurent, Mr Senanayake, Mr Menzies, Mr Holland, Sir Godfrey Huggins, Dr Donges. SCU Nehru, Attlee & St Laurent. SCU Menzies & Senanayake. Mr Shinwell with some of the ministers. Elevated MS Attlee by mike, Bevin walks past. SCU Attlee speaking about the forthcoming conference. MS Nehru. SCU Nehru speaking about the peace of the world.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Conferences

Locations

London; 10 Downing Street, London

Card file number

54825

Credits:

Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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