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:
  1. 1News from USA
  2. 2Jap Strike in Tokyo
  3. 3Australian Bush Fire Menace
  4. 4After Christmas Shake-Up
  5. *Rugby - Wales V South Africa

* Story has local or special distribution

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
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