News Briefs: Mountbatten Takes Over

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1242A

Date Released

26 Mar 1953

Date submitted

14 Mar 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen Mary Passes
2. 2News Briefs: Duke with RAF and Navy
3. 3News Briefs: Mountbatten Takes Over
4. 4News Briefs: Ice Hockey
5. 5News Briefs: Bonn Treaty Signed
6. 6News Briefs: Captured Communists
7. 7News Briefs: Tragic Explosion
8. 8Top Secret Atom Bursts Released

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Mountbatten Takes Over. DESCRIPTION: When Admiral Mountbatten assumed his Allied Mediterranean Command at Malta, a ceremony of flags marked the occasion. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Ranks of naval personnel. Flags of Turkey, Italy, Greece and France flying. Cut-ins of Mountbatten and other VIPs saluting same. GV flags and ranks of naval men. GV US flag flying. Mountbatten etc. saluting. GV Union Flag unfurled. (Mountbatten is taking over Allied Mediterranean Command).

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies; Navy; Military

Locations

Malta

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

58769

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

36

Story extras:

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