The Changing Face of London

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1129

Date Released

22 Jan 1951

Date Other

Dec 1950

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Changing Face of London. DESCRIPTION: Almost unnoticed by its citizens, London (like many other devastated cities in Britain) is being re-built. SHOTLIST: GV large crane. GV workmen clearing bomb site. TS pan across bomb damaged buildings. GV bomb site in f/g looking towards St Paul’s Cathedral. TS building site. TS building site tilt up to Westminster Abbey. GV Abbey with cleared site in f/g. GV Abbey. GV Gaiety Theatre. GV framework of new office building (x2). GV building under construction in New Oxford Street. MCU stonemason at work. CU the figures he is carving. TS looking down on Houses of Parliament. GV Houses of Parliament from across river with scaffolding on the Victoria Tower. 2 shots of lift with building materials going up Tower. TS looking down on river and bridges. TS looking down on Westminster Abbey. TS looking down on traffic in Old Palace Yard (x2). MS workmen on scaffolding. TS looking across Whitehall.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; War damage; Engineering

Card file number

54888A

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

197

Story extras:

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