Christmas Round Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1333
Date Released
20 Dec 1954
Date submitted
13 Nov 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Soccer - Chelsea V Red Banner
  2. 2The American Scene - USS Forrestal
  3. 3The American Scene - Rocket Battery
  4. 4The American Scene - Cameraman Ike
  5. 5Launch of Ivernia
  6. 6Christmas Round Up

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Story. DESCRIPTION: Turning up with cheerful regularity, Father Christmas is here again - and how he gets around. Whether in Australia, Holland, America, Russian or Germany, or whatever name he is known by, he still brings the same good cheer. SHOTLIST: CU of Father Xmas and small boy. Father Xmas on sleigh drawn by reindeer with model houses (Adelaide). CU of Father Xmas in sleigh. Father Xmas on horse back. Father Xmas (Kris Kringle) on a decorated float with sleigh and reindeer. Pan shot of a decorated tree (Russia). Clowns parading round the ring. Crowd shot. Small boy. CU of Father Frost. The big wheel illuminated (Germany). Window scenes showing a Far Eastern scene - elephant, camel, tiger, Eastern people. (France) - CU of a model helicopter with a model of a pressman hanging from it. Various shots of model cars going round a track. CU of a car with a Mexican driving. Several shots of toys. CU of a model television cameraman and tripod. CU of children looking through shop windows. Germany - GVs of candles being given finishing touches. A girl applying designs to the candles. CU of a lighted candle with part of Christmas tree in the background. London (50 ft - 10 ft Regent Street) - GV of a building with illuminated Xmas trees. Shots of women carrying parcels. CU of parcels. Small boy carrying parcels. Two shots of crowds looking into the windows. Children looking through a window at dolls and toys. CU of a model of a man with a drum on a balcony of a store. Small child with teddy bears. Small child in mother’s arms. Children looking at a model railway. A model sand tipper being demonstrated. Father Xmas and child. Various shots of streets and building illuminations, decorations.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals
Footage sources
United States of America
Australia
France
Germany
Russia
Card file number
62438
Credits:
Camera
Peter Brown
Commentator
Peter Haigh
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
261
Story extras:
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