News in Colour: Commonwealth Conference

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2172A

Date Released

21 Jan 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rugby Wales V England
2. 2News in Colour: Wine Harvest
3. 3News in Colour: Commonwealth Conference

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Commonwealth Conference Colour. DESCRIPTION: Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as host and Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference, welcomes distinguished representatives from 31 nations. Britain’s proposal to sell arms to South Africa ran into fierce opposition from some African nations, notably Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. Prime Minister Edward Heath, in a special debate later in the conference, was fully expected to stick to his guns. SHOTLIST: GV Singapore & harbour. LV harbour pan to conference hall. SV Singapore Conference Hall name in various languages. GV Long Hall. LV Commonwealth flags. LV more of ditto. SV Singapore security police. GV front entrance of long hall. SV interior arrival Alec Douglas Home. SV Singapore PM Mr Lee Kuan Yew. SV arrival Mr Heath greeted by Kuan Yew. SV security people watching. SV PM of Fiji Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara shakes hands with Yew, pan down showing his midi skirt. CU pan Archbishop Makarios arrives. SV Malaysian PM Tun Abdul Razak greeted by Yew. SV Ghana Head of State, Mr Busia in long robe greeted by Yew. SV pan arrival of President Hastings Banda of Malawi. LV Malta PM Mr Borg Oliver. CU Tanzania President Julius Nyerere greeted by Kuan Yew. SV Uganda President Milton Obote greeted by Yew. LV Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda. GV Con. Hall etc. GV interior delegates in conference. LV delegates round table in the centre Lee Kuan Yew. SV PMs at table including Zambia & Uganda. CU Chief Jonathan of Lesotho. SV Heath and delegates. CU Heath talking to Douglas Home. SV India delegate with others. CU coloured delegate. CU Archbishop Makarios. SV Guyana & Jamaican PMs. SV African & other delegates. CU delegates round table. SV Zambia & Uganda delegates. SV Heath. GV pan delegates around table.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weapons; Conferences; Religion and belief

Locations

Singapore

Card file number

96728

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

240

Story extras:

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