Test Ban at Last

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1782

Date Released

29 Jul 1963

Date Other

Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Test Ban at Last. DESCRIPTION: The keynote of cordiality, established at the very first meeting by a jovial Mr Khrushchev, must have been a great encouragement to Britain’s delegate, Lord Hailsham, and America’s Mr Harriman. The Test Ban Treaty, already initialled, will soon be formally signed by the Foreign Ministers of the 3 powers. It marks the passing of an era - an era when scenes such as shown in our film brought fear and horror to the world. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV conference table. CU Mr Khrushchev. MCU Lord Hailsham (GB). MCU Mr Harriman (USA). CU Russian delegate. GV conference table. Library - LS nuclear test bomb exploded. GV slip pan to underground blast. LS nuclear explosion on surface. Another explosion destroying building. GV fall-out spreading. Building exploding. Another. LS atmospheric explosion.

Keywords

Politics and government; Diplomacy

Locations

United States of America; Moscow; Russia

Footage sources

Germany
Library

Card file number

86980

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

143

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