Home News: Nelson Statue

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1154

Date Released

16 Jul 1951

Date submitted

12 Jul 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home News: Reuter’s Centenary
2. 2Home News: Nelson Statue
3. 3Home News: Festival Fare
4. 4Korean Memorial
5. 5United States News: Malik’s Farewell
6. 6United States News: Logging Slip
7. 7United States News: Sky Rocket
8. 8United States News: Oil Explosion
9. 9Champion’s Homecoming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Section Title

Home News

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home News - Nelson’s Statue. DESCRIPTION: A gift from Dr Aldous to the city of Portsmouth, a bronze statue of Lord Nelson. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Nelson Memorial before unveiling. GV gathering. MS Dr Aldous & Admiral Power. MS & SCU Power unveils memorial. Various close-ups of statue including SCU of Nelson himself as well as prayer at base of statue.

Keywords

Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief

Locations

Portsmouth

Card file number

55768

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Martin Gray

Length of story (in feet)

44

Story extras:

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