Title:WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS UNUSED STORY - TURKISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:WPN 280
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Summary: International Exhibition in Turkey.
Description: Pre-war Turkey. Camera pans over the newly constructed International Culture Park (Enternasyonal Kulturpark) at an unidentified location in Turkey. Turkish and British national flags fly. A sign bears the legend "Enternasyonal Kulturpark". Cut to (?) post-war sign at same site "XI Izmir Fuari Kulturpark" and flags, including British, Italian, Turkish and Iranian. Turkish crowds stand to attention as their national anthem is played. Civil dignitaries, including Lord Killearn, stand listening to speech made by civilian on balcony (Opening of International Trade Fair ?). Camera pans over audience. Speaker cuts tape and walks past turnstiles. White-suited Turkish dignitaries walk round an exhibition. A bus pulls up at the main gates of the Culture Park. The exterior frontal elevations of the Turkish Institute are shown. A building bearing the legend "Manisa Vilayeti" is shown. Another building bears the legend "Izmir Vilayeti". Exterior footage shows the imposing facade of the Italian exhibition villa which bears the legend "Italia" on its frontal elevation. Views of the less ornate British exhibition villa follow (the building bearing the legend "Ingiltere"). A party of Turkish school children are ushered into the British villa. Interior footage shows commercial exhibition stands for participating British companies which include the BBC, His Masters Voice, and Shell International. A Union flag flies near the display stand explaining the work of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC).
