Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: Post Early for Christmas
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: POST HASTE - TRAILER. SHOTLIST: CU knot in handkerchief tilt up to face of man with worried expression. MCU man looking at knotted handkerchief with cat. CU cat seated on man’s lap with a knot in his tail. MCU man knots tie. MCU man in bed knots sheet. GV man suddenly remembers and jumps out of bed. GV he runs to desk and pulls out Christmas cards, begins to write. CU pen dipped into inkwell, CU cards. CU penm CU cards. CU parcel as string knotted. CU parcel addressed then parcel and cards collected up. GV man, still in pyjamas dashes from house then realises his mistake, he goes in and reemerges dressed. GV man rushing off - ‘Post Early for Christmas’.
- Local distribution only
- Trailer
- Keywords
- Domestic life; Celebrations and festivals; Postal services; Animals; Public information
- Footage sources
- Ministry of Information
- Card file number
- 44296
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 90
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