Overseas to Sunshine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1749

Date Released

10 Dec 1962

Date submitted

5 Dec 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Finest Feathers
2. 2Discovery by Chance
3. 3Chinese Circus
4. 4Smog Menace
5. 5Overseas to Sunshine

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Overseas to Sunshine. DESCRIPTION: Southampton and the last outward-bound voyage of a troopship from the UK. The Oxfordshire’s taking the 1st Battalion the Duke of Edinburgh’s Regiment to Malta. Four panther skins and a tiger skin were presented by the Indian High Commissioner in London, on behalf of Mr Nehru. They will be worn on ceremonial occasions by the Corps of the Drums. Quite a number of their families are going with the 400 officers and men of the battalion. In Cyprus, officer cadets from Sandhurst are on an eleven day toughening-up course. And among them Prince Michael. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Oxfordshire. CU name plate of Oxfordshire. GV men on ship’s deck, leopard skins (3 shots). Soldiers wearing leopard skins (2 shots). GV band playing on deck. MCU soldier with wife and child. MLS soldiers wave from ship. MLS crowds waving. GV Oxfordshire leaving harbour. MS band playing on shore. MS crowds waving. LS ship leaves harbour. GV Cyprus mountains. Troops through streets (3 shots). Troops in field exercising (4 shots). Troops run to bushes and start firing (3 shots). Soldiers drinking and boiling water (3 shots). CU Prince Michael of Kent drinking water.

Keywords

Ceremonies; Military

Locations

Southampton; Cyprus

Card file number

85607

Credits:

Camera

Felix M. Yiaxis

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

183

Story extras:

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