Real Life Drama

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1564

Date Released

25 May 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Madrid Welcomes Lord Mayor
2. 2Edinburgh - The Assembly
3. 3Sport Down Under
4. 4An Elegant Old Lady
5. 5A1 at Lloyd’s
6. 6Floods in S Africa
7. 7Yo Ho My Hearties!
8. 8Real Life Drama

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Real Life Drama. DESCRIPTION: A cameraman braved the bullets to secure these pictures of the final moments of a bankrupt who went crazy and shot his wife and a police chief dead and wounded a State detective. SHOTLIST: Pan scene of drama (key). LS Police car arrives. MS plain clothes man with gun. LS policeman firing rifle from behind car. SCU police officer with pistol. SS doorway - porch of house. LS plain clothes man firing from behind car. Long shot - another same. Another same. Pan - police officer with rifle runs behind house. BS same. MS policeman and car move in for finish.

Keywords

Weapons; Death; Crime; Accidents and disasters

Locations

United States of America

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

77210

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

81

Story extras:

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