Learning on Screen1958. Through the Camera’s Eye
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- British Movietone News
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- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Review of 1958 Through the Camera’s Eye. SHOTLIST: Movietone building. Various shots of film being handled. Hands pick up telephone. Teletype machine, typing. Good shots of Newsreel cameramen handling their camera. Crisis in the Middle East. Oil burning off in the desert. Oil pipe lines. Aerial view Baghdad. King Feisal and King Hussein seated together. Street fighting in the Lebanon, Beirut. Aerial view American Sixth Fleet. American Marines land in the Lebanon. King Hussein shaking hands with his troops. King Hussein lifted onto shoulders of troops. British paratroopers arrive by aircraft in Amman. King Hussein inspects paratroopers. British troops on patrol in Cyprus. Buildings burning in Cyprus. General de Gaulle’s triumphal visit to Algeria. French election posters. General de Gaulle being greeted by electors. Sir Edmund Hillary at the South Pole with Sir Vivian Fuchs. Submarine ‘Nautilus’. Interior shots of ‘Nautilus’ with men wearing breathing apparatus, for going under the North Pole. Territorial parade in London in pouring rain. Farmers walking through waterlogged field - ruined crops. Kariba Dam engulfed with water flowing over top. Smithfield Meat Market fire. Train crash at Dagenham. Belgrade European Cup Tie. Manchester United team playing. The Munich plane crash in which the Manchester United football team were involved, some being killed. CU Matt Busby at Wembley for the Cup Final. New Manchester United team play Bolton Wanderers in the Cup. Aintree Grand National. Camera moving on top of car to follow horses. The Derby. The Queen walks onto course into camera - shots of horses. Queen with Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in box. Wimbledon - the Wightman Cup. Miss Trueman vs Miss Gibson. CU Donald Campbell putting on hat at Coniston Lake. Breaks world record. CU Campbell. Cardiff - opening of British Empire Games. Judy Grinham swims. Springboard diving. Under water shots. Mile race - Herb Elliott of Australia wins. Closing scenes. Queen’s voice announcing that she will make Prince Charles the Prince of Wales. Good view of Caernarfon Castle. CU Prince Charles. Monaco. Princess Grace, Prince Rainier and their two children on balcony. Queen Soraya arriving in exile. Shots of Jayne Mansfield in swimming pool. CU Maria Callas. Two Frenchmen fighting duel. Nurburgring in Germany. Very bad car crash. Driver gets out unhurt. Mike Hawthorn wins. Scenes on board Aircraft Carrier HMS Victorious. Scimitar plunges overboard. Rescue attempt fails. HMS Bulwark in collision with French tanker. Coronation of Pope John in Rome. The Queen in miners gear going down mine. State opening of Parliament. The Queen and Duke enter. REVIEW OF THE YEAR TAPE - BMN 347 IN: 00:15:09:00 OUT: 00:24:48:21
- Keywords
- Royalty; Commemorations; Sport; Horse racing; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Motor racing; Weather; Environment; Curiosities; Aristocracy; Aviation; Foreign relations; Tennis; Agriculture; Railways; Death; Swimming; Records; Industry and manufacture; Mining; Athletics; Ceremonies; Colonialism; Independence movements; Safety devices; Foreign aid; Speed records; Football; Riots; Civil defence; Navy; Crime; Review of the Year; Accidents and disasters; Water sports; Exile; Engineering; Performing arts; Military; Exploration and explorers; Religion and belief; Assassinations
- Card file number
- 75841
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 936
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