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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