Branded Petrol’s Fill-Up to Motoring

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1234A

Date Released

29 Jan 1953

Date submitted

26 Jan 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Empress of Canada Burned Out
2. 2British Successes in Monte Carlo Rally
3. 3News Briefs: Nehru Visits Hyderabad
4. 4News Briefs: New Cigs
5. 5News Briefs: Carnival Time Imminent
6. 6News Briefs: Six Months of Neguib’s Rule
7. 7Branded Petrol’s Fill-Up to Motoring
8. *Glasgow Students’ Rag
9. *Scottish Cup - Rangers Beat Arbroath
10. *Rugby - Ireland Overwhelms France
11. *Middlesbrough Centenary

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Branded Petrol Fill-Up to Motoring. DESCRIPTION: The return of branded petrol is good news for motorists; from the first of February, they can have what brand they like although the results may be surprising. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU Neon Petrol sign. CU various types of branded petrol, Esso, Power, Regent, etc. MS garage. Car drives in, taking petrol, meter hand turning round. Car drives out of garage. Fast speed as car speeds through country, also traffic speeding along Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, etc., car finishing up outside Movietone House. MS of Movietone House. Fisher Neg - Very good for London speeded up traffic and people.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Environment; Business and commerce; Road transport; Newsreels

Locations

London

Card file number

58460

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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