President Carter’s Visit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2502
Date Released
15 May 1977
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1President Carter’s Visit
  2. 2The Downing Street Summit

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President Carter’s Visit. DESCRIPTION: President Jimmy Carter arrives at Heathrow Airport and is greeted by Prime Minister, James Callaghan. The following day, the President visited Newcastle upon Tyne and received the ‘Freedom of the City’. Then it was on to a brief visit to Washington, County Durham, where Mr Carter planted a tree. SHOTLIST: President Carter’s plane taxiing at London Airport. SV ditto. James Callaghan and party walk towards plane. President Jimmy Carter down steps greeted by Callaghan. GV ditto. SV Callaghan and Carter. LV ditto. SV Carter shakes hands with an English policeman. Carter and Callaghan onto platform. Carter waves to crowd. LV ditto. SV press. SV Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State, with security men. Carter and Callaghan shaking hands. Carter and Callaghan down steps of platform. SV press. SV Carter into car. LV Carter drives away. GV Newcastle Civic Centre. SV crowds holding welcoming banners. GV Carter’s car arriving. Angle flags. GV Carter out of car and waves to crowds. SV crowds. GV Carter waves to crowds from platform. GV crowds. SV Carter speech. Sound on film - "Howay the lads....from the United States". GV pan down Civic Centre. Carter still speaking. SV crowds. Carter with scroll giving him the Freedom of the City and sound on film "I have asked the Lord Mayor to make sure that I don’t have to pay taxes....thank you very much". GV Washington Old Hall - birthplace of George Washington. SV name ‘Washington Old Hall’. LV Washington Old Hall. GV Washington Village Green. SV crowds in front of Washington Green Library. SV crowds. MS Carter walks past memorial and cheering crowds. MS cameramen. Carter plants a tulip tree - specially flown in from Washington’s home and burial place Mount Vernon in Virginia. CU spade into earth. LV Carter shovelling earth round tree. Crowds watching. CU Carter smiling and talking to press.
Keywords
Politics and government; Awards and honours
Locations
Washington; Newcastle; London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
77/86
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Length of story (in feet)
341
Story extras:
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