Cyprus Bulletin
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 9 / 9
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cyprus Bulletin. DESCRIPTION: They call it Operation Kennet an intensive search for arms in the Kyrenia mountain range. The Governor of Cyprus recently paid a visit to the Royal Navy, at Famagusta. Entertaining the troops, Jimmy Edwards, Margaret Mitchell and Janet Brown. Jimmy himself had a narrow escape from a terrorist bomb. In Nicosia the scene after the shooting of a Turkish Cypriot, who had gone to the assistance of a Greek policeman. SHOTLIST: Kyrenia mountain range. Various shots of troops searching for arms. Slip pan to Field Marshal Sir John Harding boarding a ship at Famagusta. Shots of him talking to sailors etc. Boat on way out to sea. MLS of the boat. Slip pan to Nicosia - Shots of Jimmy Edwards entertaining troops along with Margaret Mitchell and Janet Brown. Jimmy playing a bugle. MLS of Margaret Mitchell and Janet Brown. Sergeant Lewis showing Jimmy his moustache. Jimmy Edwards measuring Sergeant Lewis’ moustache. CU Jimmy Edwards. CU soldiers laughing. Slip pan to Nicosia. Crowds. MCU dead body covered in the road. Man being arrested. Shot of burnt out car. Wrecked bike. Man with blood on his face. Flames coming out of a building. Various shots of firemen fighting the fire.
- Keywords
- Weapons; Independence movements; Terrorism; Navy; Crime; Performing arts; Military
- Locations
- Cyprus; Famagusta; Nicosia
- Card file number
- 66717
- Credits:
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- Camera
- David W. Samuelson
- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- John Davies
- Length of story (in feet)
- 144
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