Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Berlin Today

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1017
Date Released
29 Nov 1948
Date Other
Nov 1948
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Berlin Today
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: UNO Citizen No 1 Talks Out of Turn
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Largest Rocket-Aided Plane
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Boxing Ko’s for European Heavyweights
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Tennis Advice by Experts for Youngsters
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Command Film Stars

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Today. DESCRIPTION: Present conditions under which Berliners have to live felling trees for firewood during the winter, business people work under difficulties having supply cuts in power etc. Children being evacuated from Berlin by the RAF. SHOTLIST: GV ruined buildings (skeleton). Germans felling trees in wooded area. Several shots of chopping into logs. German women carry tree trunks away. Pulling trunks and branches on small trolleys. People reading barter exchange notices outside building. Two German women exchange shoes. Men exchange shoes and jackets. Interior old woman darning socks. CU women ironing clothes. Exterior shot of mansion. German comes out with large chrysanthemum, wheels same off on trolley. Hairdresser performing in street. German adults and children gather by buses. Children board bus and wave to parents. Buses movie off. Children walk across Gatow Airport to plane. Plane taxies and takes off.
Keywords
Social conditions
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
51112
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
150
Story extras:

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