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:

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

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