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Market Trouble

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1468
Date Released
22 Jul 1957
Date submitted
17 Jul 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The ‘P1’
  2. 2Royal Garden Party
  3. 3Personality Parade: Prince Moulay Hassan
  4. 4Personality Parade: President Aramburu
  5. 5Personality Parade: Prince Juan Carlos
  6. 6Market Trouble
  7. 7Planning for Safety

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Covent Garden Market Strike. DESCRIPTION: London’s famous market, Covent Garden has been having strike trouble. Merchants and buyers of produce were handling loads themselves, while strikers stood by, watching but not (at first) interfering. SHOTLIST: GV high angle. Market area. Another same. MS owners and buyers unloading a potato lorry. CU buyer with sack. Buyer loading up van. LS strikers looking on. Buyer loads his car. MS strikers. MS pan woman wheels loaded barrow. Another woman with loaded barrow. LS men loading lorry. CU same. LS same. Private car drives away loaded up. Lorry drives away through strikers and police. GV top shot market. Another same. COVENT GARDEN STRIKE - CARD 71261 Shots of people attending to their goods themselves as the strikers stand by and watch. Shots of the food being loaded into cars, lorries and vans. Shots of housewives wheeling the food along the road.
Keywords
Vehicles; Business and commerce; Demonstrations; Labour relations
Locations
London; Covent Garden
Card file number
71261
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:

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