Cyprus - Latest News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1551A
Date Released
26 Feb 1959
Date submitted
24 Feb 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Moscow Meetings
  2. 2A Young Man’s Fancy
  3. 3Cyprus - Latest News
  4. 4Cyclone!
  5. 5HMS Tiger

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cyprus - Latest News. DESCRIPTION: Cyprus, where, according to the first fruits of the agreement, over nine hundred detainees are to be released. The first of them are seen leaving detention camps near Nicosia and greeted by relatives. Movietone asked some of the Cypriots living and working in Britain what they thought of the Agreement. SHOTLIST: Armoured car (key). Scene outside Detention Camp. MS detainee and baggage leave gates. TS another. Longer shot detainees leaving. SCU same. CU same. MS relatives waving. Greetings. TS girls chanting. MS relatives greet detainees. TS greetings. Slip pan. Semi GV Greek Street. CU sign ‘Conway Street, W1’. CU ‘Grafton Way’. CU ‘Greek Street’. CU ‘Kebab House’. CU sign on Greek shop window. CU sign ‘Ledra Signs’. CU sign Demetris - Electrical Installations. CU Cypriot interviewed (sound). 5 other Cypriots interviewed.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Shops and shopping; Colonialism; Independence movements; Crime
Locations
England; Cyprus; Soho
Card file number
76471
Credits:
Camera
Felix M. Yiaxis
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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