News in Colour: Presidential Election

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2300

Date Released

2 Jul 1973

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inauguration of New President. DESCRIPTION: New President: Erskine Hamilton Childers. SHOTLIST: GV interior St Patrick’s Hall as President Erskine Childers enters. Zoom out from St Patrick’s star to army trumpeters. CU Childers walking zoom out trumpeters. MS President onto dais. CU wall decoration. MS Cardinal Conway. LS Chief Justice swearing in new President. MS President after ceremony. MS assembled in hall. Zoom out from new President to GV assembly. GV Cosgrave pays tribute to de Valera, pan assembly applause. GV Childers speaking. MS Childers sits down. CU St Patrick’s Star. MS President & wife leave dais. CU walk from hall. Zoom out ditto to de Valera & procession. MS new President walks from building. MCU President walks to inspect guard. CU soldier. CU President inspecting. MS guard of honour. CU President inspecting. MS President & wife. CU guardsman. MS car drives away with President.

Local distribution only

Special Irish reel for Ireland only.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Dublin; Republic of Ireland

Card file number

99200

Credits:

Camera: George Fleishchmann
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

407

Story extras:

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