Pathe News Reviews 1956 - Year Of Turmoil (1956)
Pathe News reviews
1956 - a year of turmoil.
LV.
Snow covered
English countryside scene. GV. Snow covered countryside with the sun rising in the background. CU. Snow on farm gate. SV. Pan up
Eros statute in
Piccadilly covered in icicles. GV.
People skating on the frozen
Seine in
Paris. CU. Man falls on ice and into camera. GV. Man walking across the frozen
Baltic to ship. AS.
Ship frozen solid in the ice. GV. Snowed up
Times Square in
New York. CU. Snow falling on policeman in
Rome. GV. Snow blizzard blowing in the centre of Rome.
SV. Pan down to ski jump in Cortina, skier jumps. SV. Pan, skier in the air pan, as he lands.
SV. One of the
Monte Carlo Rally cars skidding along ice bound road on route to
Monte Carlo. SV. Pan another car skidding along ice bound road. GV. Monte Carlo with cars arriving. SV.
Winners of the Monte Carlo Rally being congratulated.
British trio won the
Rally,
Adams,
Biggar and
Johnstone.
GV.
Comet III arriving home after victorious round the world flight at
London Airport.
SCU. '
Cats Eyes'
Cunningham and
Peter Bugge, the pilots, at microphones.
GV. Students running riot in
Cyprus. LV.
Soldiers running to meet them as stones are thrown down at them. SV.
Shot man lying on the road whilst stretcher is brought out of ambulance. GV.
Greek Cypriot leader
Archbishop Makarios, surrounded by followers walking through street on way to being deported.
GV. Tribesmen parading before the
Queen Elizabeth II and
Prince Philip the
Duke of Edinburgh, at the
Royal Durbar in
Nigeria. CU. Tribesmen on horseback. SV.
Queen and the
Duke watching from dais. SV.
Group of dancers dressed in beads etc. CU.
Black faced dancer. SCU. Queen and the Duke watching. LV. Pan tribesmen charging down on their horses before the Queen and the Duke.
SV.
Air to air shot of the '
Fairey Delta II' in flight, piloted by
Peter Twiss. SV. A group of men at instruments recording air speed record. GV.
Looking towards sky as the plane streaks across the sky for the record run leaving behind a vapour trail. SCU.
Officials looking through binoculars. GV. Looking towards sky as Peter Twiss makes second air speed record across sky. SV. Peter Twiss smiling after the record.
GV. Massed crowds at the
Grand National course at
Aintree. SV.
Track shot with the Grand National horses racing. They jump over jump
No 1.
Travel shot continued, the horses jump
No 2 jump. AS.
The Queen Elizabeth II and the
Queen Mother looking through binoculars. GV. The leading horses coming up the straight to the finish with
Devon Loch leading. CU. Devon Loch racing. He makes his dramatic fall and
E.S.B. comes into the picture, past Devon Loch and pass the post.
GV. Crowds outside the
Russian Embassy in
London. SV. Interior,
Britain's
Prime Minister,
Sir Anthony Eden and
Soviet Premier Mr
Nikolai Bulganin, seated together at the luncheon table. GV. The luncheon in progress. SV. Mr
Rab Butler and
Soviet Communist Party Leader Mr
Nikita Khruschev at the table.
Kruschev smiles as he selects a bottle of wine from the waiter. CU. Sir Anthony Eden smiling, pan to
Bulganin smiling.
GV.
Russian warships at
Portsmouth. SV.
Commander Crabbe, Naval frogman who mysteriously disappears, putting on his diving equipment. CU. Frogmen's feet, pan up to Commander Crabbe adjusting diving gear.
GV.
Harbour at
Monaco. SV. Interior of church,
Prince Rainier of Monaco and
American film star
Grace Kelly, kneeling before the alter during their wedding ceremony. CU. Grace Kelly kneeling before the alter.
GV. Massed crowd cheering at
Wembley Cup Final. GV.
Footballer Revvy racing up with the ball, he passes the ball to
Clarke who receives it and passes it back to Revvy, who side foots it and
Hayes rushes in and slams the ball into the net. GV. Massed crowd cheering. LV.
Johnson coming through to score
Manchester City's third goal.
Ball in the net. CU. Crowd cheering. SV.
Birmingham attacking and
Bert Trautmann being bowled over in collision with player. CU. Worried looking girl in crowd. SV. Bert Trautmann being helped up on his feet and holding his neck. Manchester City wins the Cup (3-1).
GV. Massed crowd at the
Derby at
Epsom. SV.
Horses race round
Tattenham Corner. GV. Horses racing up to the straight and
Lavendin passes the post.
GV.
Parade of
V.C.'s in
Hyde Park -
Queen's review of the
300 holders of
Victoria Cross. Royal party watching from dais (Queen Elizabeth II,
Princess Margaret, Queen Mother and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh). SV. V.C.'s in wheelchairs being pushed past the dais.
GV.
Ken Rosewall and
Lew Hoad in play in the
Wimbledon Men's Finals - winning
point to Hoad. They run to the net to shake hands, amidst applause. SV. Hoad and
Rosewall shake hands over the net. GV. Applauding crowd. SCU.
Shirley Fry and
Angela
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