Sir Winston’s Office for Sir Robert
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sir Winston’s Office for Sir Robert. DESCRIPTION: Sir Robert Menzies is installed as Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, an office held previously by Sir Winston Churchill. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. GV Dover Castle. LAS Union flag flying from Castle. GV ditto. Pan down to procession leaving castle. Slip pan. Pan Sir Winston drives past in car at his inauguration ceremony for Lord Warden. MS Sir Winston gets out of car. MS Sir Winston walks to inspect soldier. MS Sir Winston inspecting soldier. Slip pan MS Menzies in possession. MS people watching. MS Menzies touches keys of castle. MS people waving at the side of rails. Pan Menzies car leaves Castle for Dover College. GV grounds of Dover College. MS Archbishop of Canterbury & Dame Pattie in grounds of college. MCU Menzies walks in college grounds. MS people outside marquee. GV interior of marquee. MS people sitting inside marquee. MS Registrar and seneschal of Cinque Ports. James A Johnson Esq. MS people listening. MS Menzies gets up and makes speech. LAS flag breaks. GV Walner Castle. LAS flag flying from castle. GV cliffs of Dover. MS Menzies walking.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Customs and traditions
- Locations
- Dover; England
- Footage sources
- Library
- Card file number
- 91385
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Abbott
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 221
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