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Through the Camera’s Eye

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1454
Date Released
15 Apr 1957
Date submitted
9 Apr 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Makarios in Nairobi
  2. 2Through the Camera’s Eye
  3. 3Vive Le Reine

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Through the Camera’s Eye. DESCRIPTION: At the Photo Fair at Olympia the latest developments were on view. It’s the largest of its kind ever held in this country - displaying 3 million pounds worth of equipment. Some of the world’s finest photographs could also be seen at an Exhibition in Vienna. Meanwhile the moving camera moved on to a hospital in Berlin, where a baby gorilla was making a rapid recovery from illness. SHOTLIST: Photo fair at Olympia. General view. Exposure meters, large telephoto lens. Enlargers. Flash bulbs. Models with cameras on their heads. Men photographing models. Slip pan. Families of Man Exhibition in Vienna. People looking. Various stills. Berlin - Gorilla baby. General view gorilla. Nurse. Children looking through window. Climbing up wall. Gorilla on rope.
Keywords
Animals; Exhibitions and shows; Newsreels
Locations
London; Olympia; Germany; Berlin; Vienna; Austria
Footage sources
Austria
Germany
Card file number
70377
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Ken Taylor
Length of story (in feet)
141
Story extras:

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