The Party Spirit

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1333A

Date Released

23 Dec 1954

Date Other

Dec 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sir Anthony Eden at NATO
2. 2News Briefs: General Gruenther Honoured
3. 3News Briefs: Troops Come Home
4. 4News Briefs: Wild Goose Returns
5. 5The Party Spirit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Party Spirit. DESCRIPTION: To get into the Party Spirit, party clothes are one of the important items. Another is food and this year the shops are full of tempting luxuries. To demonstrate how to recover from the Party Spirit, competitors in the RAC trials at Maidstone take their exercise seriously. In London’s Trafalgar Square, the biggest Christmas tree of all is set up, a traditional gift from Norway. SHOTLIST: Various shots of people dressed up at a party, dancing. MCU of drink being poured into glasses. People dancing. Various shots of various hats. MCU of hat in the shape of the Eiffel Tower. Various shots of toddlers on a catwalk wearing new outfits. CU of a shoe panning to a leg. CU of the top of a stocking. CU of a girl laying on a couch. CU of her feet. CU of shoes. CU of the girl’s face. XMAS STORY - CARD 62522. Shots of window displays in butchers’ shops. Shot of turkeys hanging up. GV of the market. CU of various stalls. CU of turkeys. Various fat women eating food. RAC TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP - CARD 62517. Various shots of competitors. Cars sliding. CU of several cars with their passengers bouncing up and down. Crowd shots. People buying Xmas trees. Small child peeping through the keyhole of a door. Shot through the keyhole of a Xmas tree. Candle burning on Xmas tree. Child takes ornament off of the tree. CU of the tree. Child cuddling a soft toy. Baby pulling the bauble off of the tree. . XMAS TREE AT TRAFALGAR - CARD 62524. GV of the crowds in the Trafalgar Square round the decorated tree. Various shots. GV of the tree. (Christmas Decorations).

Keywords

Food and cooking; Shops and shopping; Fashion and costume

Footage sources

France
Germany

Card file number

62506

Credits:

Camera

George Richardson

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Peter Brown

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

300

Story extras:

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