South Bank Under the Hammer

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1188A

Date Released

13 Mar 1952

Date submitted

11 Mar 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1FA Cup 6th Round
2. 2FA Cup 6th Round
3. 3Country Wedding for Alison Attlee
4. 4Jap Communists Parade
5. 5Aussie Troops for Korea
6. 6South Bank Under the Hammer
7. 7Butler’s Budget
8. *FA Cup 6th Round
9. *FA Cup 6th Round
10. *Rugby International
11. *Scottish Cup 4th Round

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Demolition of Festival of Britain. DESCRIPTION: The South Bank Exhibition site comes into the news again. A small army of workers is employed on the task of removing almost all the buildings along the River Front. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV Dome & Skylon. Workmen stand around. Issuing tools to them. Workmen walk to various spots. Using pick & axe on various buildings, also burning steel bars through, etc. GV Dome & Skylon to finish.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Industry and manufacture; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

South Bank

Card file number

56884

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

54

Story extras:

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