Colour: London Bridge on Colorado

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2210A

Date Released

14 Oct 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Section Title

Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London Ridge on Colorado - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: London’s Lord Mayor opened the rebuilt London Bridge which now spans the Colorado River in the Arizona desert. SHOTLIST: Angle shot London Bridge. GV pan ditto. MS river boat carrying Lord Mayor & party arriving. CU Lord Mayor (Sir Peter Studd) and party on boat. MS Pike Men. CU mace and sword carrier past. CU heralds blowing trumpets. CU Lord Mayor walking. CU 2 men walking behind. GV crowds. MS Mayor walking past model of Apollo rocket. CU trumpeters. CU model launch pad - smoke. Ground to air - rocket coming down on parachute. Ground to air - (2) balloons released, hot air balloons and sky divers. G to A sky diver coming down on parachute. G to A sky diver coming down on parachute through balloons. MS overhead of crowd, sky diver coming down. MCU Mayor walking through crowd. MS Union Jack & Stars and Stripes flying. Writing in sky Peace to all Mankind. GV crowd walking onto bridge. GV pan London Bridge.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Local government

Locations

United States of America; Colorado

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

97545

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

153

Story extras:

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