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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Silly Season - Opens Overseas

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
947A
Date Released
31 Jul 1947
Date submitted
28 Jul 1947
Date submitted
24 Jul 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer - Watch Your Step
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Mining - Poles for the Pits
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Test - 4th at Leeds
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Floods - Canton Disaster
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Silly Season - Opens Overseas
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Silly Season - Opens Overseas
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: After Records - Channel Rowing
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: After Records - Gardener Does It
  9. 9Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: After Records - Bluebird to Try Again
  10. *Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Visit to Arran

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 9
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Silly Season - Lady Barbers. DESCRIPTION: In Eugene, Oregon they hold an annual Husband Shaving Contest. SHOTLIST: KS Ladies run to their places, behind their husbands whom they are going to shave. Several shots of women lathering their husbands’ beards. Woman places hot towel on husband’s face, makes him jump. Various shots of the women shaving the men, all types of razors. Several shots of men with adhesive tape over their faces at end, tilt up to SCU of fellow’s face nearly covered in tape.
Keywords
Curiosities
Locations
Oregon; Eugene
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
48914
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:

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