Commonwealth Conference

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1832

Date Released

13 Jul 1964

Date Other

Jul 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commonwealth Conference. DESCRIPTION: At Marlborough House, in London, leaders of eighteen independent Commonwealth Nations, representing over 730 million people, assembled for the Commonwealth Conference. There are many problems facing the conference, which is one of the most crucial ever held. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Marlborough House. LS same. LAS flags. CU sign Marlborough House. MS Sir Alec Douglas Home arrives. MS Mr Duncan Sandys arrives. MS Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Nigeria). MS Dr Eric Williams (Trinidad and Tobago). GV marquee. LS Lester Pearson (Canada). Sir Robert Menzies (Australia) and Mr KJ Holyoake (New Zealand). CU Mr Pearson. CU Mr Holyoake. CU Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia). MS Mr Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya). CU President Nkrumah (Ghana). CU President Julius Nyerere (Tanganyika). CU Dr Milton Obote (Uganda). CU Sir Alec. MS same. CU Mr Albert Margai (Sierra Leone). CU Mrs SRD Bandaranaike (Ceylon). CU Mr DB Sangster (Jamaica). CU Mr Kyprianou (Cyprus). MS Jomo Kenyatta walking. Mrs Indira Gandhi walking. BS delegates enter conference room. GV conference room. CU President Ayub Khan (Pakistan). CU Mr Krishnamachari (India). MS Sir Alec. GV conference.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

London; Marlborough House

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

88576

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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