Jordan Elections

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1430

Date Released

29 Oct 1956

Date Other

Oct 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Engineers’ Anniversary
2. 2The Princess’s Tour Ended
3. 3Jordan Elections
4. 4Upheaval Behind the Curtain
5. 5US Award for Cunningham
6. 6Plane Crash - All Saved
7. *Queen Mother’s Visit

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jordanian Elections. DESCRIPTION: Amman has just been the scene of an election, 40 seats in the Lower House were voted for and the result was a swing to the left. SHOTLIST: Various street scenes. Crowds. Balloting. People folding ballot papers. Dropping into box. GV Amman.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Amman; Jordan

Card file number

68613A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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