News Briefs: Persian Upheaval

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1265

Date Released

31 Aug 1953

Date Other

Aug 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Briefs: Persian Upheaval
2. 2News Briefs: Korean Red Cross Teams
3. 3News Briefs: Danish Ship Raised
4. 4German News
5. 5German News
6. 6German News
7. 7Choosing a Beauty Queen
8. 8It Started in Paris
9. *Southport’s Famous Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 8

Section Title

News Briefs

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Persian Upheaval. DESCRIPTION: Literally overnight, the whole picture was reversed in Tehran, when the royalists took over control and Mossadeq was arrested. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Demonstrations in streets. Mobs pushing and shouting through town. Statue of Shah’s father pulled to ground, GV coming down. Elevated GV crowds rushing through streets. Lorries carry shouting crowds. Later shouting crowds (Royalists) wave in front of palace. Carrying huge banners of Shah’s picture.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Liverpool.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Riots; Crime

Locations

Tehran

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

59635

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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