Lord Mayors Show
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord Mayors Show. DESCRIPTION: The city welcomes its 646th Lord Mayor, Sir Hugh Wontner. The theme of this year’s parade was "The Living City". SHOTLIST: GV the new Lord Mayor, Sir Hugh Wontner in golden coach arriving Mansion House. STV pikemen past Mansion House. SV Sir Hugh from balcony. GTV naval boat float past. GV the giant figures of Gog & Magog in procession. AS pan giant figure of Magog. SV pan Gordon Highlanders marching past playing pipes. SV Dick Whittington’s cat (large model of cat on car). GTV the ‘Year of the Lifeboat’ float. SV pan large model of naval boat. GTV Barts’ Hospital float on call to city for 850 years. GTV ‘London Theatre Centre of the World’ float. SV kids waving flags. SV pan large model Swan of Avon. GTV Disneyland float. Sv llamas from London Zoo pulling kids in cart. AS crowds waving from building. SV City Livery men waiting for Lord Mayor to come out of the Law Courts. SV pikeman standing alongside coach. SV pan new Lord Mayor Sir Hugh Wontner leaving Law Courts & gets into golden coach. SV towards & pan Lord Mayor’s coach driving away from Law Courts.
- Keywords
- Ceremonies; Local government
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 99499
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Paul Kavanagh
- Length of story (in feet)
- 171
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