A Round House

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1497A

Date Released

13 Feb 1958

Date submitted

10 Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1England V Ireland
2. 2Fuchs at the Pole
3. 3Out with the Outriggers
4. 4The Queen Mother’s Tour
5. 5A Round House
6. 6Farm Robot
7. 7Carnival Time
8. 8Snowfall
9. *Curling

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Round House. DESCRIPTION: A round house, being towed by the Thames from the docks on its way to Olympia. It will be on show at the Jubilee Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition. Specially designed by a German, for workers in remote regions of the Belgian Congo. It is made of aluminium. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Round House being towed up the Thames on a barge. Shots of house being loaded at Chiswick onto lorry en route to Olympia.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Engineering; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; River Thames; England

Card file number

72806

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Michael Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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