By the Way: A Tall Story

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1302A

Date Released

20 May 1954

Date submitted

May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Exercise Run Aground
2. 2By the Way: Summer Fashions
3. 3By the Way: Journalist on Strike
4. 4By the Way: Frying Today
5. 5By the Way: A Tall Story
6. 6Bannister on Record
7. 7USA - Smash Hits
8. 8USA - Smash Hits
9. 9USA - Smash Hits
10. 10USA - Smash Hits
11. 11Aboard Britannia
12. *Lord Mayor of Leeds with Koyli

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 11

Section Title

By the Way

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Tall Story. DESCRIPTION: Berlin’s monument, marking Prussia’s victory over France in 1871, is over 200 feet high, while it is being repaired, one of our cameramen took the opportunity to take pictures from the top. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Berlin Monument to the Prussian war. Cameraman climbs same to the top. Various views of the top of memorial. Woman’s hand cameraman climbs arm to hand and takes some very good photographs of Berlin streets below. Cameraman climbing down same.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media

Locations

Berlin

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

61020

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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