The Lord Mayor’s Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2581

Date Released

19 Nov 1978

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Lord Mayor’s Show. DESCRIPTION: On the sixtieth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice to end the 1st World War, at the eleventh hour the Pageantry of the Lord Mayor’s Show is halted for two minutes silence. From the balcony of the Mansion House, the new Lord Mayor, Sir Kenneth Cork, watches the parade of Floats. SHOTLIST: MS exterior Guild Hall. Lord Mayor Sir Kenneth Cork waving. MS ditto. MS carriage pulls up. MS Lord Mayor into carriage. MS carriage pulls away LM waving. MS crowd. TS LM’s coach. MS ditto. TS LM stops. CU coach driver. MS LM steps out to Mansion House. MS crest. MS LM takes hat off. GV cannon at Mansion House. GV cannon fires. PB British Legion flags lowered in salute zoom into LM. GV flags lowered. MS ditto. George Cross flag in salute. Med with medals, cannon fires. GV flags held erect. MS zoom out 1919 omnibus with Chelsea Pensioners. MS Scots band towards camera. MS Sherman tanks. PB soldiers saluting on tanks. MS LM. MS model of Jaguar aircraft (without wings). MS crowd. PB to LM box. MS people dressed as champagne corks. TS ditto. MS giant ice bucket and champagne. MS LM waving. MS The Black Country float salutes the City. PB ditto waving. MS float. RS LM procession. MS inflatable head for BOC. TS ditto nurses, tilt up to balloon BOC. TS Daleks. MS ditto. MS steam engine pulling a Rolls Royce engine. MS ditto. TS ditto. MS animal character. MS Disney type character. LAS Pete’s Dragon. MS Tower Bridge float. TS ditto pan to other float. MS LM into coach. TS ditto. MS coach doors close. TS driver pull back to coach leaving. Pan coach LM waving.

Keywords

Commemorations; Displays; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Local government

Locations

London

Card file number

78/170

Credits:

Camera: Denis White
Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Paul Kavanagh

Length of story (in feet)

437

Story extras:

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