Flashes: Would you wheel a man in a barrow for fifty miles?

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

319

Date Released

15 Jul 1935

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Flashes: Nelson’s Flagship flies his famous signal once more
2. 2Flashes: Would you wheel a man in a barrow for fifty miles?
3. 3Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: England scratch eleven collapse before South Africa at Leeds
4. 4Jubilee: Description by Major F Yeats-Brown

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Section Title

Flashes

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Would You Wheel a Man in a Barrow 50 Miles. SHOTLIST: Shot of man being wheeled in a barrow. CU of the wheeler. This was being done for a bet. CU of the man being wheeled. Shot of the man being tipped out. Shots of the train going through snow and the man being tipped out again into the snow. Snow ploughs clear the way. Shot of the finish.

Keywords

Gambling; Weather; Curiosities; Railways

Locations

Australia

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

3780

Credits:

Commentator

Alan Howland

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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