Our Non-Stop Winter

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

654-1

Date Released

6 Mar 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hunters Up in Town
2. 2'How Are the Mighty Fallen!'
3. 3Our Non-Stop Winter
4. 4Shrove Tuesday Football

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Record snow in Derbyshire." Snowy landscape with train passing over bridge in distance. Sheep in the snow. A team of four horses pulling a large sledge. Young child on a sledge. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Even the Riviera is shivering: The hills round Nice are clad in white". Panning shot from high position of Nice, with snow-covered hills in distance. [3RD SUBTITLE]: "Still, Polo keeps them warm at Cannes". Polo match in progress. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "The Marquess of Cholmondley". Marquess on polo horse. [5TH SUBTITLE]: "Mr Wannamaker [sic] the American millionaire on left". Two men pose for camera, one on left presumably Lewis Wanamaker. Polo match. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "The players choose their own prizes, the Umpire gets what’s left". Men choosing prizes from a table.

Keywords

Sport; Weather; Aristocracy; Economics; Business and commerce; Animals

Length of story (in feet)

107

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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