News in Brief: Ancient Hero Honoured

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1362

Date Released

11 Jul 1955

Date submitted

7 Jul 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Royal
2. 2Eisteddfod
3. 3News in Brief: Briton Turns Buddhist
4. 4News in Brief: Ancient Hero Honoured
5. 5News in Brief: Oldest Horse Race
6. 6News in Brief: The New Bluebird
7. 7Sir Anthony Eden - Guest of Honour
8. 8Farnborough Jubilee

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Knight of Greece. DESCRIPTION: King Paul of Greece, accompanied by his family, unveiled a statue recently to Leonidas, King of Sparta, who died heroically in 480 BC. SHOTLIST: GV of crowd, with flag bearers in foreground. King Paul and Queen Frederika and children. CU. CU of the statue. King unveils statue. CU of statue. GV of Greeks marching. GV of Greek girls marching. CU of statue.

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies

Locations

Greece; Thermopylae

Footage sources

France

Card file number

63988

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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