Post Office Tower Bomb

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2213A

Date Released

4 Nov 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Post Office Tower Bomb
2. 2Heath & Wilson
3. 3Duke in Berlin
4. 4Queen Juliana in West Germany
5. 5Brezhnev in France
6. 6Kama - Orang-Utan
7. 7Iom Decimals
8. 8Disabled Driver Rally
9. 9Arsenal V Ipswich

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Post Office Tower Bomb. DESCRIPTION: A bomb blast in Britain’s tallest building, the Post Office Tower, damaging three floors. Twenty four hours later another bomb blast at the Regimental HQ of the Royal Tank Regiment. SHOTLIST: CU newspaper headlines. Tower Blast - Mystery Call showing damage to tower. MCU ditto photo showing damage. GV exterior Post Office Tower. CU men taking photos. Tele shot damaged portion of Tower. GV street show firemen etc. MS firemen walking along. 3 CUs, pan ITN House broken windows & debris. Car covered in debris, large piece of metal lying on ground. MS broken window in office block. Tele shot Tower showing damaged section. GV street. 3 CUs Elverton Street SW1, sign The Royal Yeomanry Regiment. Bomb damage through bottom of gate. MS entrance and damage. CU blown out windows over entrance. CU soldier working in office behind broken glass window, tilt up broken window. GV entrance 3 men talking outside.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Terrorism

Locations

London

Card file number

97599

Credits:

Camera

Denis White

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

95

Story extras:

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