Holiday Travel

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1470A
Date Released
8 Aug 1957
Date Other
Aug 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen at Jamboree
  2. 2The Duke Plays Cricket
  3. 3Great Britain Beats France
  4. 4Fangio - Champion Driver
  5. 5Bull Fights Man
  6. 6Holiday Travel
  7. *The Rangers’ Sports

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holiday Traffic Story. DESCRIPTION: For lots of people, a Bank Holiday means full steam ahead from one of the main-line termini. For others, London Airport was the first stepping stone to far off places. Coaches were busy playing their part in the holiday rush. Many folk stayed at home and sunbathed in seclusion. From one kind of traffic jam to another - car thrills in America. SHOTLIST: Crowds at station waiting to go on holiday. People at London Airport boarding plane. Coach station at Victoria. Suburban house. Car out of garage. Child on beach making sand castles. Women sunbathing. Woman in kitchen washing dishes. Cars along the coastal roads. Dare-devil car jumps onto another car.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Domestic life; Railways; Transport; Stunts; Road transport
Locations
United States of America; England
Footage sources
United States of America
Movietone
Card file number
71376
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
105
Story extras:
Film clip

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