News in Brief: Vatican Swiss Guard

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1301A

Date Released

13 May 1954

Date submitted

May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gibraltar Parade
2. 2News in Brief: De Gaulle Demonstration
3. 3News in Brief: Bomber Command Memorial
4. 4News in Brief: Vatican Swiss Guard
5. 5News in Brief: Royal Greetings at Brussels
6. 6News in Brief: London Prepares Welcome
7. 7Royal Tour - Malta
8. *Red Cross Parade

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vatican Swiss Guard. DESCRIPTION: At the Vatican, new members of the Swiss Guard attended a parade to be sworn in. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of the Vatican guard marching. Their uniforms are old armour. Good shots of troops marching. Soldiers swear oath on flag. These troops are selected men from the Swiss Army.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Military; Religion and belief

Locations

Rome; Vatican

Footage sources

France

Card file number

60969

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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