Sir Winston in Bronze

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1360

Date Released

27 Jun 1955

Date submitted

22 Jun 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1King Hussein at Biggin Hill
2. 2Robert Ford Home
3. 3HMS Sidon Lifted
4. 4Sir Winston in Bronze
5. 5News in Brief: Speed on Water
6. 6News in Brief: Winning a Racehorse
7. 7Royal Programme - The Launch
8. 8Royal Programme - Then to Norway
9. *The Duke at Royal Highland Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Churchill Statue Unveiled. DESCRIPTION: At the Guildhall, the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Seymour Howard unveiled the statue of Sir Winston Churchill, who later gave an address. SHOTLIST: GV of the Guildhall with Pikemen in the foreground. GV of the statue being unveiled by Sir Seymour Howard. CU of Churchill speaking. CU of Anthony Eden. GVs of the statue. Churchill leaves the hall.

Keywords

Politics and government; Local government

Locations

Guildhall; London

Footage sources

British Paramount

Card file number

63890

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

129

Story extras:

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