Petrol-Free Whit Holiday

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1095A

Date Released

1 Jun 1950

Date submitted

30 May 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Petrol-Free Whit Holiday
2. 2Marines’ Farewell to Chatham
3. 3South Africa Honours Smut
4. 4Holland’s Queen in Paris
5. 5Japanese Princess Weds Commoner
6. 6Walcott Jolts German Champion
7. 7Now Siamese Style
8. *Soccer - Scotland’s 1-0 Victory over France
9. *Welcome to Overseas Visitors

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Petrol-Free Whit Holiday. DESCRIPTION: With petrol off rations roads out of London were crowded (as in the case of other centres), Brighton was one obvious destination for the motorist. SHOTLIST: Speech referring to the freeing petrol by Mr Gaitskell. Various shots of roads from London to Brighton, crowded with cars. Various shots of Brighton front, weather not very good. Walking along esplanade, looking through telescopes out to sea. Cars drive home, lines of them. Car taking petrol.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles

Card file number

53822

Credits:

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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