Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer Family Guide - National Insurance

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
990A
Date Released
27 May 1948
Date submitted
25 May 1948
Date Other
1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer Family Guide - National Insurance
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Australians at Lord’s
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Princess Elizabeth Opens Coventry Centre
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: News from Abroad - Zionist Ship
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: News from Abroad - Korea Elections
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: News from Abroad - Girl Gymnasts
  7. 7Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: News from Abroad - Dynamite Girl
  8. 8Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Abbey Memorial to Heroic Services

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Family Guide - National Insurance Trailer. SHOTLIST: MS Leaflet through letter box, woman into frame bends and picks it up. Tommy Trinder emerges from room and says Ah Mrs Cook don’t tear up that book, a word or two I’d like to mention. He turns to camera While I’m here in the hall, I’ll talk to you all, so shut up and please pay attention. Are you haggard and old, or rolling in gold? Are you hard up and right on the rocks? Are you just newly wed or confined to your bed knitting wee woollen white little socks? Do you walk with a stick, are you limping or sick, do you think they can’t have them alright? Well it can or it can’t or it shall or it shan’t, may be it won’t but it might. The point of this tale is to drive home a nail you’ll be getting a booklet like this. CU Family Guide to the National Insurance Scheme. Although its quite small it effects one and all, every Master and Mrs and Miss. So please everyone try by the 5th of July to read the booklet right through. Put it safely away you may need it one day then you can read what to do. You lucky people.
Local distribution only
Trailer
Keywords
Social welfare; Public information
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
50283
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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