Prelude to Premiere
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prelude to Premiere. DESCRIPTION: Seen arriving at London Airport, heroine of the French resistance, Madame Gille, better known as Janine Boitard. And there to meet her, Maurice Belfer, war-time news reader for the BBC’s French service. Janine Boitard who became a legend as organiser of an underground escape route, received secret instructions broadcast by Belfer. Their meeting was a prelude to the premiere of Darryl Zanuck’s epic film The Longest Day. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Madame Gille known as Janine Boitard. MS met by Maurice Belfer. MS Madame Gille and Maurice Belfer. (3 shots) same. MS Madame Gille walking to stairs.
- Locations
- London Heathrow Airport
- Card file number
- 85284
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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