Introducing the Talking Beacon

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1232A

Date Released

15 Jan 1953

Date submitted

12 Jan 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Churchill and Truman
2. 2Introducing the Talking Beacon
3. 3Baby King Penguin is a Big Boy Now
4. 4The Dalkeith Wedding
5. 5Third Round FA Cup
6. 6Third Round FA Cup
7. 7Third Round FA Cup
8. *Golden Gloves and Flying Fists
9. *Last Rites for Gypsy Queen
10. *The Dalkeith Wedding

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Safety First. Billy the Beacon. DESCRIPTION: The Borough of Islington has a fine Street-Safety-for-Children record; and Billy the Talking Beacon is doing first-class work at the crossings. SHOTLIST: Cut story - CU Billy the Beacon. MS Stream of people crossing the road on Zebra crossing. Bus passing up road. Child runs across road, in front of car. Talking Billy instructs four children how to cross road correctly.

Keywords

Safety devices; Road transport; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

Islington

Card file number

58386

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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