Protecting the Payroll

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1492A
Date Released
9 Jan 1958
Date submitted
3 Jan 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Cabinet Crisis
  2. 2Forced Down Plane
  3. 3Ceylon Floods
  4. 4Progress in the Desert
  5. 5Wales Beats Australia
  6. 6Protecting the Payroll
  7. *Third Round FA Cup
  8. *Third Round FA Cup

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Armoured Car Story. DESCRIPTION: No bodyguard can guarantee the safety of the payroll on those fearful Friday journeys to the Bank. But the recently formed Armoured Car Company does guarantee to outwit the wage-grabbers. It is now possible to hire the services of these armoured couriers, who will shoulder the responsibility involved in such a tricky assignment. SHOTLIST: GS pay clerk leaving with escort to go to bank. Shots of specially built ‘armoured car’. Shots of the money carried out to car in a case manacled to the security guard’s wrist. Various shots of inside of car. Shot of car arriving at its destination and money being counted in the office.
Keywords
Vehicles; Business and commerce; Safety devices; Crime
Locations
London; Slough; England
Card file number
72476
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
107
Story extras:
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