Little Venice

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

231

Date Released

1 Jun 1959

Date recorded

1 May 1959

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Aircraft Sale
2. 2Little Venice
3. 3Girl Rangers Meet Buffalo Bill

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Not a new excavation in Italy, but a beauty spot in a place not normally associated with it - in darkest Paddington, London. The occasion is a display of gaily decorated river craft at Paddington Canal Junction. Litle Venice, in fact, has everything except gondolas.
SHOTLIST: British Waterways Canal Trip. LS Regents Park Canal with various launches in the fore-ground. MS two of the launches. CU the Red Ensign on the stern of one of the launches, pan slowly along the tiller to show the highly decorative cabin entrance. Slow pan up the entrance showing various decorations. MS showing the tripper barge with people on the wharf. MS general crowd. CS canal bank, pan onto the boat which comes into picture [as] it makes it way down the canal, pan with it as it approaches a bridge. LS little motor boat following the big boat. MS little boat approaches bridge, another little boat comes into picture and follows it. LS taken from the bows of one of the little boats, pan round to the sidewalk showing traffic running along the road. MS taken from stern of the stream. CU bows of the Water Nymph showing its name. MS Water Nymph going down stream. MS helmsman. MS Water Nymph approaching a picturesque bridge. MS as we go under the bridge, people looking over. MS showing passengers in the Water Nymph. MS the Water Nymph taken from the bows of one of the little boats, as it goes downstream, a bit of foliage brushes across camera. MS the bows of a little boat with the name Water Elf written on it, pan over to show the helmsman who is a young man in a white sweater. CS helmsman. LS ducks flying down canal.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Displays

Locations

London; England; Paddington

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

190

Story extras:

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