News In Flashes (1960)

Item title reads - News in flashes. Various locations. M/S of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, being greeted by Robert Menzies the Australian Premier at the Empress Club for the spring luncheon of Lord Taverners. The Duke turns and shakes hand with Walter Nash, the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Various shots of guests arriving. The Duke talks to members of the South African cricket team. M/S as he points at each member of the team. M/S as the Duke shares a joke with members of the team. Intertitle - ’Bucks’. L/S exterior of Aneurin Bevan’s Asheridge farmhouse in Chesham. M/S as the car driving Indian Prime Minister Mr Nehru and his sister Mrs Pandit arrives at the farm. M/S crowd looking on. L/S as Mr Nehru embraces Bevan’s wife Jennie Lee then walks to greet Nye Bevan who is standing in the doorway. Jennie Lee kisses Mrs Pandit and then walks with her to the doorway where she is greeted by Bevan. M/S pressmen waiting around. L/S Mr Nehru and Mrs Pandit walking from the farmhouse after the vi
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