Civil Defence Review

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1531A

Date Released

9 Oct 1958

Date submitted

10 Oct 1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Civil Defence. DESCRIPTION: Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor inspected a Civil Defence Review in Hyde Park which was part of a nation wide campaign to recruit more members and to show how civil defence can help in an emergency. SHOTLIST: MS yard, lorries & mock house. MS tracking jeep. MS tracking crowded route. MS dignitaries watch parade. MS mock house. MS rescue in progress MS lowering stretcher. MS getting person out of window. MS stretcher being lowered. CU two men help panic stricken woman. MS moving stretcher from roof. MS lowering same. Same. MS putting man on stretcher. MS carrying stretcher into tent. LS AFS using water jets. MS same. Same. Closer same. LS atomic explosion CU burnt grass. LS helicopters. MS helicopter hovering. LS rescue workers. CU bandaging leg. MS carrying stretcher. LS same. MS helicopters fly over.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Aviation; Explosions; Ceremonies; Social welfare; Civil defence; Military; Nuclear energy

Locations

London; England

Card file number

75142

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: John Davies

Length of story (in feet)

140

Story extras:

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