Fuel and Power

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1131

Date Released

5 Feb 1951

Date submitted

1 Feb 1951

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fuel and Power. DESCRIPTION: They’ve been queuing up for coke at the Birkenhead and Wallasey Gasworks - for coke, because of the coal shortage. An ingenious method of providing power - by Windmill generator has been in operation at one branch of a famous London restaurant company near Marble Arch. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Coke being shovelled into sack. At Birkenhead & Wallasey, people queuing for coke, being served, & paying cash at office. Prams etc. being used as transport. London, on top of Cumberland Hotel, various shots of windmills, including close-ups. MS instrument registering amperes. Elevated GV looking down Bayswater Road from top of hotel. MS (night) shop window lit up by power supplied from windmills.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Locations

London; Birkenhead; Wallasey

Card file number

54943

Credits:

Camera: Alec Tozer
Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: James Humphries
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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