Overlord Tapestry

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2411
Date Released
17 Aug 1975
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Battle of Flowers
  2. 2Overlord Tapestry
  3. 3Selsey Birdmen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Overlord Tapestry. DESCRIPTION: It has taken five years for twenty students of the Royal College of Needlework, to compete this tapestry record of Operation Overlord. The events of this World War II invasion of Europe have been worked in embroidery to a design by Miss Sandra Lawrence. The thirty-three panels of the tapestry are on show at the Guildhall, but as yet it has no permanent home. SHOTLIST: GV Guildhall. SV man entering hall. CU panel 3 depicting Blitz in London. CU ditto (foremen at work). BV 2 people looking at panels. CU pan panel 4 Canadian soldiers arrives at British ports. CU panel 5 bombers raiding German cities. CU ditto Spitfires clash with enemy. BV woman looking. CU pan panel 9, the Commanders. CU General Eisenhower. GV stain glass windows of Guildhall. CU pan panel 14, RN at sea, sailor looking through binoculars. CU zoom back panel 20 navy bombarding forces. CU two gunners of navy (panel 20). SV man looking at panels. CU panel 21, two Germans. CU panel 22 drowned man in sea pan to troops landing on beach. CU panel 26 German prisoner. CU panel 27 advanced blood bank pan round hospital. CU Winston Churchill in panel 28 pan to Montgomery then to King George VI. SV security guards looking at tapestry. GV pan battle field at end.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Arts and crafts; Industry and manufacture; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Guildhall; London
Card file number
75/286
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
203
Story extras:
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