Cyprus Bulletin

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1390

Date Released

23 Jan 1956

Date submitted

19 Jan 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sir Anthony Eden at Bradford
2. 2Monte Carlo Rally
3. 3Cyprus Bulletin
4. 4Cyprus Bulletin
5. 5Cyprus Bulletin
6. 6Cyprus Bulletin
7. 7Cyprus Bulletin
8. 8Downhill Crack Up
9. *The Queen with School Boys

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paratroops Settle Down in Cyprus. DESCRIPTION: The two Parachute Battalions which recently flew from England are settling in on the island. SHOTLIST: LS of the campsite where the parachute battalions are staying. MLS men doing weapon training. CU of Private Parker with his gun and Private Brown with a Bren gun. Shots of Sergeant Legge taking pistol class. Soldier blows horn. Soldiers collecting food. CU of Corporal McGinn and Lance Corporal Holt eating their food. Various shots of soldiers shopping in Nicosia. Soldiers coming out of fish and chip shop eating chips.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Weapons; Military

Locations

Cyprus; Nicosia

Card file number

65699

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

66

Story extras:

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