Field Marshal ‘Monty’ in America

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1244

Date Released

6 Apr 1953

Date Other

Mar 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Lord Woolton’s Recovery
2. 2Easter Bonnets
3. 3New Ideas from USA
4. 4New Ideas from USA
5. 5New Ideas from USA
6. 6Atomic Bomb Aftermath
7. 7Field Marshal ‘Monty’ in America
8. *Rugby - Welsh Victory in France

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘Monty’ Arrives in America. DESCRIPTION: Arriving in New York, Field Marshal Lord Montgomery came to inspect military establishments, with Press and Newsreels crowding the Queen Mary and when a VIP interviews the Press, that’s news! SHOTLIST: On board ship being photographed. Masses of press men around. CU ‘Monty’ being interviewed. Answers questions from the press.

Keywords

Mass media; Ships and boats; Military

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

58803

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

149

Story extras:

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