Commonwealth Conference

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1339A

Date Released

3 Feb 1955

Date submitted

1 Feb 1955

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commonwealth Conference. DESCRIPTION: There was a crowd at Number 10 Downing Street, to see the arrival of the Commonwealth Premiers. Inside, the Commonwealth representatives posed for photographic records before getting down to important business. SHOTLIST: KS 10 Downing Street. Crowds outside No 10. Arrival of ministers Sir Godfrey Huggins, Mr Holland, Mr Swart, Sir John Kotelawala, Mr Mohammed Ali. Now inside No 10. First shot is of Churchill and Mr St Laurent walking towards the camera. Then a group shot. All the ministers pose for the camera. Now various informal conversations between the ministers, including a shot of Churchill showing the ministers a framed postal-order for 5/- which he had received from an old age pensioner on his birthday. Final shots of Eden talking to ministers and Churchill with Menzies.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

London; England; 10 Downing Street, London

Footage sources

Gaumont

Card file number

62782

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

137

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