Easter Parade

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1767A

Date Released

18 Apr 1963

Date Other

Apr 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Easter Parade
2. 2Goodwood - Ireland’s International Win
3. *Celtic Through
4. *Rangers for the Final

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Easter Parade. DESCRIPTION: Highlights of the Easter activities and among them was these ‘Piano-pushing’ students on their way to Brighton. Scenes of the early sea-trials of the American submarine Thresher now lost. The bonnets were out in plenty for the Easter Parade at Battersea Park. Also pictures of the march from Aldermaston. From this and other skirmishes 72 people were arrested. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS couple cleaning car. GV road full of traffic. People put luggage in car boot (2 shots). GV traffic on road. MS students pushing piano. GV beach at Brighton. MS sea. America’s submarine Thresher undergoing sea trials (4 shots). Beach at Brighton (4 shots). MS man and child look at sea. MS family unpack car. GV balloon on ground. CU crash helmets, Ed Yost and Don Piccard (both Americans) filling balloon with air. MS cameramen. Balloon takes off (2 shots). MS crowd. GV balloon in flight. CU girl watching. GV balloon in flight. CU girl watching. GV balloon in flight. MS cranes moving boxes. GV pan inside Cyril Lord’s (carpet) factory. MS man by machine. MS man stencils location on box. MS crowds at Easter Parade. MCU two girls. CU bird’s nest on hat. MCU women with fancy hats. MS girl with cardboard boxes on head. MS old London taxi, carnival clowns (2 shots). Girls on floats (6 shots). Jersey Carnival Queen - Miss Brenda Blacker (2 shots). MS cinema float, sailing at Teddington (5 shots). Ban the Bomb marchers walking (4 shots). Same with flags. MS marchers. MS boy in push chair. Marchers through streets (3 shots). Same in Whitehall (3 shots). Crowd fighting with police (3 shots).

Keywords

Sport; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Celebrations and festivals; Demonstrations; Riots; Navy; Crime; Fashion and costume; Military; Nuclear energy

Locations

United States of America; United Kingdom; New Hampshire

Footage sources

United States of America
Movietone

Card file number

86369

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

407

Story extras:

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