Visitor to New York

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1656

Date Released

27 Feb 1961

Date submitted

23 Feb 1961

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Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Visitor to New York. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s largest Aircraft Carrier, HMS Ark Royal paid her second goodwill visit to New York. While some of the crew seized the chance of going ashore, others had been preparing to entertain New Yorkers on board. It’s a good old Naval tradition to give a children’s party on such an occasion as this. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier). MS same. CU name Ark Royal. GV sailors coming ashore. BS captain on bridge. CU captain. MS crowd at docks. GV interior children’s party. MS model plane dropping bomb on aircraft carrier. GV pillow fight blind folded. GV crowd. MS 2 contestants. BS boys throwing balls at Americans. MCU small boys throwing balls. BS same. MS bucket fulls - man gets soaked.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Children; Curiosities; Foreign relations; Navy; Military

Locations

United States of America

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

81965

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

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