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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: You Can’t Start Too Young

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
900
Date Released
2 Sep 1946
Date submitted
29 Aug 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: RAF Goodwill Path-Finders Return Home
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Prisoners of War
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Joad & Formby as Beauty Judges
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: You Can’t Start Too Young
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: You Can’t Start Too Young
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: You Can’t Start Too Young

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Boomerang Throwing - Age 3. DESCRIPTION: BOOMERANG-THROWING - AGED THREE - Another prodigy is three year old Bobby Burwell who can throw a boomerang with great accuracy. SHOTLIST: KS Father with children gathered round him holding boomerangs. Various shots of Bobby Burwell throwing boomerang. Bobby Burwell is age 3. Father catching boomerang as it returns, scene of same in slow motion. Shot of boomerang in flight, camera follows same. Family on beach throwing boomerangs.
Keywords
Children
Locations
New South Wales
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
47401
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:

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