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Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1499A
Date Released
27 Feb 1958
Date submitted
25 Feb 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Churchill - Better News
  2. 2London Turks Protest
  3. 3Votes for Nasser
  4. 4Bahrein Shipwreck
  5. 5South Pole News
  6. 6Great Lakes Freeze Up
  7. 7Weighty Subjects
  8. 8Queen Mother in Australia

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pantagrulic Supper. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, a club which gathers people weighing more than fifteen stone. They meet for a big tuck-in! SHOTLIST: MS fat people arriving. CU serviettes being tucked in. MS same. MS pig brought in for eating. CU same. Pig laid on table. Chef cutting pig. CU same. CU man eating. CU man drinking. CU sad man eating roll.
Keywords
Organisations; Food and cooking; Curiosities
Locations
France; Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
72928
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:

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