Anti-Bomb March

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1556A
Date Released
2 Apr 1959
Date submitted
31 Mar 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Boat Race
  2. 2Anti-Bomb March
  3. 3Ships Collide
  4. 4A Lion Escapes
  5. 5Holiday Round Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Anti-Bomb March. DESCRIPTION: Over 50 miles to London from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire. That was how more than 4,000 people spent the Easter holiday as a protest against the Hydrogen Bomb. They all demanded that Britain should give up the bomb whatever other countries may do. Cannon John Collins, Chairman of the Campaign, was among the leaders and one of them, Sir Richard Acland, spoke about it. Trafalgar Square was the finishing line and here the protest was 15,000 strong. SHOTLIST: Procession (key). FS procession with giant banner ‘London from Aldermaston’. Longer shot same. SS procession pass camera. CU feet. SS procession pass. High angle - tracking West Indian Band playing. Another band. SS marchers passing with placards. CU feet. Tracking - higher angle - jazz players. CU girl with hat. CU girl’s bare feet. CU policeman walking. BS girl walking. Tracking higher angle - band playing. MS Cannon Collins and party head procession. Tracking shot - Sir Richard Acland being interviewed (sound). CU shadows marching along sunlit pavement. Crowd through Trafalgar Square - TS crowd shouting ‘Ban the Bomb’.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Demonstrations; Police; Nuclear energy; Religion and belief
Locations
England
Card file number
76763
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Len Waldorf
Camera
Robert Turner
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
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