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Russian Seeks Asylum

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1347A
Date Released
31 Mar 1955
Date submitted
28 Mar 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1FA Cup Semi-Finals
  2. 2FA Cup Semi-Finals
  3. 3And Now - Floods!
  4. 4A Personal Helicopter
  5. 5Life-Saving Test
  6. 6Egypt Hoists Her Flag
  7. 7Russian Seeks Asylum
  8. 8Operation Teapot
  9. 9Franco Receives US Envoy
  10. 10Belgian Riots
  11. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Airdrieonnians V Celtic
  12. *FA Cup Semi-Finals - Clyde V Aberdeen
  13. *France V Wales - Rugger

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 10
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Soviet Colonel’s Son Seeks Political Asylam in the American Zone. DESCRIPTION: Valery Lysikov (the son of a Russian Air Force Officer) was recently granted asylum by the American authorities. SHOTLIST: Several CUs of Lysikov looking at American cars and an aircraft. GV of the young man in the cockpit of an aircraft at the airport.
Keywords
Exile
Locations
Germany; Berlin
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
63168
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
27
Story extras:

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