Ideal Home Exhibition

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1187A

Date Released

6 Mar 1952

Date submitted

28 Feb 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ideal Home Exhibition
2. 2World Wide News Items: Kids’ Ski Lesson
3. 3World Wide News Items: Finding a Needle
4. 4World Wide News Items: Chinese Marines
5. 5World Wide News Items: Red Army Day
6. 6Marshal Tito Interviewed
7. *Leeds V Chelsea (Second Replay)
8. *Cardiff V Newport - Rugby

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ideal Home Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: The Cross of Meriden in Warwickshire has been re-erected by permission of the authorities stone by stone in the Ideal Village of Olympia. The Ideal Village, which is one of the features of this year’s Ideal Home Exhibition, includes of course the ideal village pub. The Minister of Housing and Local Government, Mr Macmillan, paid a visit to the People’s House, in which he is vitally interested. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Sign Daily Mail Ideal Homes. Cross of Meriden in Warwickshire - same being erected with identical surroundings. Village pub. People play darts. General shot of main hall. Meriden Cross. Mr Harold Macmillan walking around exhibition. Toy section Flook & Others, various shots of gardens with waterfalls etc.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Cardiff.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Olympia

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

56855

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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