Freedom of Canterbury for Archbishop

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1238A

Date Released

26 Feb 1953

Date submitted

24 Feb 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Freedom of Canterbury for Archbishop
2. 2Canadian Uranium Rush
3. 3News from India and Pakistan
4. 4Partnership in Central Africa
5. 5Queen at Point-To-Point
6. *Scottish Cup 3rd Round - Morton Loses to Rangers

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Archbishop Receives Freedom of Canterbury. DESCRIPTION: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, signed the Freeman’s Roll and took the customary oath when he received the Freedom of the City of Canterbury. The Certificate of the Freedom of the City was presented in its casket by the Mayor. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV gathering. Procession into hall. Mayor addresses gathering. Introduces Dr Fisher, preceded by taking the customary oath & signing Freeman’s Roll. Dr Fisher addresses the gathering. Certificate in casket presented. Cut-ins of audience.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Local government; Religion and belief

Card file number

58626

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

140

Story extras:

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