Commonwealth Premiers Meet

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1613A

Date Released

5 May 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Chancellor Macmillan
2. 2Amateur Champions
3. 3British Swimming Triumph
4. 4South Africa’s First Win
5. 5Commonwealth Premiers Meet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

At Downing Street, with Britain’s Premier as host, the representatives of ten Commonwealth countries had come for talks: Mr Menzies (Australia), Mr Diefenbaker (Canada), Dr Nkrumah (Ghana), Nr. Nash (New Zealand), Nr. Nehru (India), President Ayub Khan (Pakistan), Mr Louw (Minister for External Affairs, South Africa), Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Federation of Malaya), Sir Roy Welensky (Central African Federation) and Mr Cooray (Ceylon’s Minister of Justice).

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Conferences

Locations

England

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

79996

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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