Learning on ScreenA Policeman’s Lot
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: A view of a British policeman from "down under" - that’s the theme of this up-to-the-minute Pictorial. An Australian steps into a bobby’s big boots and takes a look at the sort of things that cross a policeman’s path every day. Scotland Yard and the police cooperated with Pathe Pictorial in making this unique issue, police officers playing the parts of crooks and sneak-thieves as well as appearing as - themselves.
There’s a warning here for people like you. Just what do you contribute to today’s crime figures? If you’re blameless, then you’re unlike thousands of your fellow-citizens who invite crime by being careless. Our Australian watches you leave the ignition key in your car; he sees you advertise wages day by wandering round to the bank every week at the same time without any protection. In view of this carelessness, the verdict from down under is that police methods in Britain are pretty efficient. As for the individual policeman - he’s as near earning the praise of every foreigner who thinks he’s "wonderful" as this break-neck world will allow. - Keywords
- Police; Crime
- Locations
- London; England
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Wilfrid Thomas
- Length of story (in feet)
- 673
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- British Pathe Ltd
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- Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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