Hellfire Towns’ Freedom for Churchill

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1159

Date Released

20 Aug 1951

Date submitted

16 Aug 1951

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Freedoms for Mr Winston Churchill. DESCRIPTION: Mr Churchill, who has received many freedoms, recently brought off a double, so to speak - two in one day. The first was at Deal and the second at Dover, where he received a 19-gun salute. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV crowds walk around with cliffs in background. MS Churchill & with son-in-law Captain Soames standing behind him. Walking through cheering crowded streets of Deal. GV of beach. GV guns being fired at Dover, harbour in background. Churchill with Mayor, Alderman Fish enter Town Hall, Dover. Interior - SCU Mayor standing. Mayor presents casket to Churchill, who takes scroll out & reads same. SCU Churchill addressing the audience. He refers to this tragic century also his being a warmonger. Christopher Soames is seated on Churchill’s right during speech.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Local government; Military

Locations

Dover; Deal

Card file number

55935

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

144

Story extras:

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