Adelaide Christmas Parade and Toys

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1173A

Date Released

29 Nov 1951

Date Other

Nov 1951

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Approaches. DESCRIPTION: From Adelaide comes the annual Christmas parade designed to persuade Australians that, in spite of their Summer weather, Christmas is really on the way. Australian stores are evidently well supplied with presents - a special display in a Sydney store of mechanical toys called Pixietown is the work of a local inventor. SHOTLIST: Adelaide - Various shots of procession through streets, accent of fairy tales, etc. Girls dressed as bells. Father Christmas in sleigh brings up the rear. Inside a store at Sydney, various mechanical toys, including submarines, row-boats, firemen, etc., cut-ins children watching same. Toy firemen in action mix to Rome, shows firemen giving demonstration, jumping from high building into canvas sheets, etc. (see next story for details - CARD 56325).

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Shops and shopping; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

56380

Credits:

Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

140

Story extras:

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