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The Lord Mayor’s Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2477
Date Released
21 Nov 1976
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tribute Day for James Hunt
  2. 2International Cyclo-Cross
  3. 3The Lord Mayor’s Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Lord Mayor’s Show. DESCRIPTION: The theme of this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show was a nautical one, ‘The City and The Sea’. The new Lord Mayor, Sir Robin Gillett, watched the procession from the balcony of the Mansion House. Then he joined the end of the parade in the grand Lord Mayor’s Coach. SHOTLIST: GV Lord Mayor’s coach arrives at Mansion House. MV officials. MV new Lord Mayor, Sir Robin Gillett ascends to balcony. MS Costain Ltd float as a Roman galley. LV Lord Mayor. FV Royal Marines Band. TV Royal Navy float ‘Ark Royal’ and ditto with helicopter. MS Ocean Transport Trading float girls wave to crowd (2 shots). LV Disney characters. LV Lord Mayor. MS Stock Exchange float. CU children. MS Lloyds Insurance float pan. GV St. Paul’s Cathedral. MS float Viking ship. MS RNLI float. MS pan float with pirates. FV pan Cunard float. SV the Bank Line float. CU pan Lord Mayor towards coach. LV Lord Mayor into coach. CU children. GV Lord Mayor’s coach through street (2 shots). FV pan Lord Mayor waves from coach.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Vehicles; Displays; Customs and traditions; Business and commerce; Ceremonies; Local government; Navy; Military
Locations
London
Card file number
76/213
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Length of story (in feet)
260
Story extras:

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