Cyprus - Critical Days

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1374A

Date Released

6 Oct 1955

Date submitted

3 Oct 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England’s Soccer Win
2. 2Premier at Balmoral
3. 3Sultan Leaves Capital
4. 4Geoff Duke Beaten
5. 5Trawler Strike Over
6. 6The Importance of Glamour
7. 7Dower V Martin
8. 8Cyprus - Critical Days
9. *Rangers V Aberdeen

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cyprus Critical Days. DESCRIPTION: Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus with it’s population of 30,000 figures prominently in the news, owing to the Cyprus problem. SHOTLIST: Panning TPS over Nicosia. Various shots of troops. Troops running along, one troop fires a gun. Shot of Turkish flag flying. CU of the Mufti. Shot of Archbishop Makarios. Various shots of people. Crowds surrounded Archbishop Makarios as he walks along. Slip pan to Nicosia Airport. Plane taxiing along the runway. Field Marshal Sir John Harding alights from plane. John Harding inspects RAF guard of honour. Slip pan to car travelling along the road to Government House. MS Government House. Cars arrive. Shots of John Harding being sworn in by the Chief Justice. Shots of John Harding taking the oath and signing document. CU of a Union flag flying. MS Government House.

Keywords

Independence movements

Locations

Cyprus

Footage sources

UPL

Card file number

64728

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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