After Christmas Shake-Up

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1178

Date Released

31 Dec 1951

Date submitted

27 Dec 1951

Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: After Christmas Shake-Up. Wrestling in Paris. DESCRIPTION: One excellent and well-established way of getting over Christmas is to go hunting on Boxing Day; the meet of the West Warwickshire Hunt at Stratford-upon-Avon provides a good example of the idea. At Pagham in Sussex the thing to do on Boxing Day is to compete in a Pram Race. Another way of getting into trim is to wrestle as Messrs. Charron and Jones did in Paris. An inventive Berliner has discovered that, by attaching the vacuum-cleaner to his accordion, he can play it with the minimum of effort. SHOTLIST: Cut story - GV wrestling. Various shots M Charron & Mr Jones wrestling, falling out of ring, also throwing the referee out of the ring. Spectators try to part the wrestlers. Cut-in audience watching. Vacuum-Cleaner Accordion - Berlin - CARD 56549 (43 ft). Cut story - Several shots of person playing piano accordion, attaches vacuum cleaner pipe to accordion, shots of him playing same. Cut-in small dog watching him. West Warwickshire Hunt - CARD 56553 (601 ft). Location - Stratford-upon-Avon. Cut story - KS. GV Master in fore with other huntsmen around. Hunt moves off, several shots. Passing over the River Avon with Shakespeare’s Memorial Theatre in background panning shot. Shots party drinking before moving off. Pagham Pram Race. Cut story - Start of race. People with fancy dress pushing prams with ‘babies’ in same. Stopping at several ‘pubs’ and drinking pints of beer. Winner over line.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Food and cooking; Environment; Curiosities; Competitions; Animals; Hunting

Footage sources

France
Germany

Card file number

56543

Credits:

Camera: George Richardson
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

243

Story extras:

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