A Bride in a Million

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1372A

Date Released

22 Sep 1955

Date submitted

19 Sep 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Moscow Athletics
2. 2Barnardo Anniversary
3. 3Personalities: Peron Resigns
4. 4Personalities: Mrs Roosevelt
5. 5Personalities: Queen Soraya
6. 6Personalities: Sir Winston Churchill
7. 7A Bride in a Million
8. 8Baor Manoeuvres
9. 9Tourist Trophy Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wedding of Millionth Immigrant to Australia. DESCRIPTION: At Redcar, Yorkshire, a wedding with a difference. The bridegroom, Dennis Porritt had married a bride in a million - for Mrs Porritt (formerly Miss Barbara Wood) is the millionth post war immigrant to Australia. SHOTLIST: CU bride (Barbara Porritt née Wood) arriving in car. CU bride entering church. GV exterior church. CU outside church - bride and groom after service (Barbara and Dennis Porritt). CU pushing through crowd to get to the car. CU crowd throwing confetti.

Keywords

Marriages

Locations

Yorkshire; Redcar

Card file number

64576

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

42

Story extras:

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