Mouse Bites Cat

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1540A
Date Released
11 Dec 1958
Date submitted
5 Dec 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Grace in Action
  2. 2First of the Motorways
  3. 3Foretaste of Christmas
  4. 4Mouse Bites Cat
  5. *A Big Load

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mouse Bites Cat. DESCRIPTION: Here is one perfectly normal healthy cat. But when the American Army gave him a short whiff of their new Nerve Gas, the cat became a complete coward. It’s quite harmless - all it does is make him lose his self-confidence. So the terrified Tom was bitten by a mouse! SHOTLIST: MS man by machine (key). MS man puts cat in machine. CU cat attacks mouse. CU gas let in. MS cat in machine. CU cat jumps away from mice. CU same (2).
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland
Keywords
Health and medicine; Curiosities; Science and technology; Animals; Military
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
75731
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
66
Story extras:
Film clip

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