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Highlights of 1956

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1438A
Date Released
27 Dec 1956
Date submitted
1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Highlights of 1956

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Highlights of 1956 - Book Title. SHOTLIST: Queen in Nigeria. Down steps of plane and greeting. Crowds. Nigerian types. Drive round Durbar. (Arrival of warriors). Queen and Duke watch. Charge in Durbar. Waving flags. WIPE. Princess Margaret’s East African Tour. Arrivals. Crowds. Drive in Land Rover. SCU Margaret. Cup Final. Roy Paul and cup presented by Queen. WIPE. Grand National. Devon Loch falls. ESB goes onto win. Peter Twiss in FD2 1,132 mph. Take off and CU. Twiss. BURST. Donald Campbell on water speed record. WIPE. Bulganin and Khrushchev arrive at Victoria. Bulganin and Khrushchev at Ballet. Bulganin and Khrushchev with Anthony Eden signing. General views of Monte Carlo. Exterior of Cathedral. SCU Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly. Interior of Cathedral and Service Celebrations after wedding. Walking shots of the couple. Celebrations. OPTICAL. Cloud shot. Wet Summer. Buses making way through water. Fair ground with rain dripping from roundabout. Wind 90 mph gale at Brighton. People battling against wind. OPTICAL. Sinking of Andrea Doria. Aerial showing ship on its side. Various sinking shots. Aerials last moment of ship going down. OPTICAL - Calder Hall opened by Queen. Queen pulls lever and starts power. Meter. SCU Queen looking at different phases of station. WIPE. Hungary scenes of canal. SCU Nasser. Suez Conference. Sinai tanks in desert. Paratroops drop in Egypt. Shots of landing behind canal. Troops French and British landing DUKWs. UN observers. Block ships. Troops move out of trenches and others move in. UN observers. Exterior UN building.
Keywords
Review of the Year
Card file number
69326A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
677
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