Save Our Churches

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1305

Date Released

7 Jun 1954

Date Other

Jun 1954

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Save Our Churches. DESCRIPTION: Starting from Downing Street, where they had received a £500 cheque each from Sir Winston Churchill, Roger Bannister, Chris Brasher, Chris Chataway and Gordon Pirie ran to St Martin-in-the-Fields to hand over the cheque to other runners who carried them to other churches. SHOTLIST: Cut story - SCU Poster asking for silver to save the churches. In Downing Street Roger Bannister. Chris Chataway. Chris Brasher and Gordon Pirie are given £500 cheques by Mr Churchill who comes out of No 10 to present them to the runners. Various shots of runners on their way through the streets of London. At St Martin they hand them over to Mr Hamilton Kerr, Mr Geoffrey de Freitas and Mr Frank Byers. All politicians who carry them to various churches. Shot of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Sport; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Fundraising

Locations

London

Card file number

61147

Credits:

Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Montague G. Benson
Camera: Norman Fisher

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