Picturesque News Items

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1183
Date Released
4 Feb 1952
Date submitted
29 Jan 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Butler’s Statement
  2. 2Picturesque News Items
  3. 3Picturesque News Items
  4. 4Picturesque News Items
  5. 5Bill Speakman VC
  6. 6Royal Departure for Commonwealth Tour

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Algerians Greet Governor-General. DESCRIPTION: Algerian Greeting - Algerians have a picturesque way of greeting a Governor-General, as could be seen during Monsieur Leonard’s recent tour of the Southern Territories. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Algerians doing rifle dance. Several shots of Governor General M Leonard, arrives, inspects guard of honour. Presents flag to Algerians - at Adrar. Thousands of tribesmen doing rifle dance on the square. Leonard walks along ranks as they dance & at same time fire their rifles. Cut-in of the fort.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Weapons; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Algeria
Footage sources
France
Card file number
56705
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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