Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Tokyo’s Black Market Raided

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
979
Date Released
8 Mar 1948
Date submitted
4 Mar 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Spotlight on North Croydon
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Patron Sees Junior Fisticuffs Finals
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Tokyo’s Black Market Raided
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Farewell to British Troops
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Royal Visitor at Ideal Home Exhibition
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Few Spills in Amateur Grand National

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tokyo Black Market. DESCRIPTION: Bread poisoned with impure soya flour had killed 32 people, before police arrested the black marketers. SHOTLIST: KS MS bread in boxes on the ground. Various shots of stalls with bread, rolls on same. Chinese girls run. Chinese police jump off lorry, run along narrow streets. Girls run in all directions. Policeman searches along street. Girls scattering. Poisonous bread being loaded onto lorries.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Crime
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
49916
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
102
Story extras:
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