Learning on ScreenMovietone’s Review of 1953
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- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of the Year - 1953. SHOTLIST: Cut story - CU Book ‘Movietone’s Review of the Year’ Title. hand opens book. CU 1953. Mix to flags and banners etc. Fade to broken sea wall, sea rushing in. Aerials of flooded areas. Smashed pier and lighthouse. Red Square, Moscow. Lenin’s Tomb. CU Stalin on balcony - mix to people filing in to pay last respects to Stalin. Fade to ‘Still’ of Stalin in his coffin. Shot of Red Square. Kalinin’s funeral, Malenkov, Molotov, Bira etc. Wipe to GV of Blackfriars bridge London. Police launches up river. Tito alights from launch and welcomed by the Duke of Edinburgh, Eden. Churchill etc. Tito inspects Naval Guard of Honour accompanied by the Duke. Duke & Tito talking. Fade to funeral of Queen Mary - various shots. CU Queen Mary holding Prince Charles. Crowds waiting for the Coronation SCU. Queen and Duke leaving Palace and getting into coach (v. good shot). Queen rounding Queen Victoria Memorial in coach. Wipe to interior of Abbey. Various scenes of the Coronation including the actual crowning, marchpast of Commonwealth troops. CU rain beating on the ground. Crowds outside the Palace (taken from roof). Royalty on balcony waving to the crowds. Elevated view of Epsom Downs. LS of the Derby being run. Queen getting excited and talking to Princess Margaret. Also Queen Mother. Gordon Richards passes the post first. Richards with Royal family in box. SCU Queen. SCU White Ensign flying with background of clouds. (Good stock shot). CU looking down the muzzle of gun. Aerials of the fleet at anchor. CU of various shots including foreign contingents. Various shots of Queen and Duke waving to ships Company. Rating cheering as Royal Yacht passes. Ensign flying from mast. Royalty watching include Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princess Royal, aircraft flying over ships. Scottish royal tour. Interior of St Giles’ Cathedral. Ancient flags hanging from ceiling. CU Scottish crown on cushion. Crown presented to Queen. Ulster. Belfast Royal Tour. Welsh tour. Caernarfon Castle. Queen and Duke out onto balcony. CU girl in Welsh national costume. CU Queen & Duke. RAF review. Queen takes salute at marchpast. Planes flying overhead. Aerials of Mount Everest. CU Hunt, Hunt & Tensing. CU Tensing & Hillary sitting together for interview. CU title of film on Warner Cinema ‘Conquest of Everest’. SCU Queen in foyer with Duke & Hunt. Wipe to Oval. Crowds at the match - last ball. Crowds rush onto pitch. Interior Panmunjom. Signing. Troops arrive home from Korea. Kissing etc. Neville Duke in cockpit. Plane breaking record. CU Lithgow. Men using various instruments follow path of plane over desert. Elevated view of Georgetown. Troops embarking on ship. Night shot outside Buckingham Palace. Queen & Duke drive out. London Airport. Cameramen shooting. Queen and Duke walk to plane. Queen Mother & Princess Margaret bid farewell. Queen & Duke land in Bermuda. CU ‘Canopus’ Mr Churchill mounts steps. Turns and waves to crowds. Churchill, Ike and Laniel in Bermuda for conference. Cameramen in full force. CU Churchill, Ike & Laniel.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Sport; Horse racing; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Children; Displays; Weather; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Social conditions; Death; Celebrations and festivals; Conferences; Records; Cricket; Ceremonies; Colonialism; Victory celebrations; Speed records; Landforms; Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military; Funerals
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- Library
- Card file number
- 60236
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 840
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