Snow - Hardships and Fun

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1124A

Date Released

21 Dec 1950

Date submitted

Dec 1950

Date submitted

18 Dec 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Diphtheria 13
2. 2Snow - Hardships and Fun
3. 3Atlantic Pact Meeting
4. 4Natke Celebration
5. 5Nazi Actor Causes Riot
6. 6Boxing Dead-Heat Causes Riot
7. 7Christmas Time is Circus Time
8. *Cardiff Welcomes Christmas
9. *Preston Beat City
10. *West Bromwich V Aston Villa

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Snow - Hardships & Fun. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s first cold snap of the winter was certainly pretty severe. Snow trapped vehicles were typical scenes down in the South, near Beachy Head. Hampstead Heath became a little Switzerland with winter sports of all kinds laid on. SHOTLIST: KS. Skiing out of camera. Bulldozers clearing roads near Beachy Head. Person digs out van. Wades through thick snow. At Hampstead, various shots of people skiing & tobogganing. Pushing large snowball. Couple of people dive into swimming pool.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester or Birmingham

Keywords

Weather

Locations

Hampstead Heath; Beachy Head

Card file number

54758

Credits:

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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