Cyprus Cinema Blown Up

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1507

Date Released

21 Apr 1958

Date submitted

18 Apr 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cyprus Cinema Blown Up. DESCRIPTION: It was a cinema in Famagusta, in which ten home-made bombs were found near the projection room. Troops took in sand-bags to place on top of the bombs, so as to concentrate the explosion: they’d decided they were too dangerous to be moved and must be blown up. SHOTLIST: MS cinema. MS troops unloading sandbags from lorry. LS troops entering cinema. MS crowd watching. MS lorries. MS car - troops checking up. CU car occupant being questioned. MS lorry driver same. LS street & troops. MS shop owners protecting their goods. MS same. LS same. CU man pulling down shop shutters. MS fire engine arriving. LS crowd watching. MS same. CS policeman with megaphone. CU side of fire engine. MS press photographers. LS exterior cinema explodes. MS crowd outside shop. CU cinema wreckage (exterior). CU same different angle. Shots interior of wreckage.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Weapons; Shops and shopping; Explosions; Safety devices; Police; Terrorism; Military

Locations

Cyprus; Famagusta

Card file number

73479

Credits:

Camera: Felix M. Yiaxis
Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: AP Archive
Email: info@aparchive.com
Web: http://www.movietone.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held: View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 90 times.