Learning on ScreenMail for the Troops
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mail for the Troops. DESCRIPTION: Specially at this time of year, letters from home are always the stuff to give the troops on the trouble island. The men out there certainly deserve everything good coming their way. Best of all, for some of the troops, is the fact, that a number of wives and children are being flown out. The first of them are seen at Blackbushe Airport at the start of their journey. SHOTLIST: MS men unload lorry. Closer - same. MS men put bags into hut. MS man sorts letters. Same. CU same. MS men collect parcels. Closer - same. MS man goes away with parcel. Same. MS soldier sorts letters. Closer same. Slip pan to GV wives & children get off bus. Same (2). MS families cross tarmac. MS same get into plane. LS same. MS same. Slip pan to GV soldiers in group. Closer same. MS soldiers greet families (3). MS children round father. CU soldier. CU mother & child in arms. MS family talk. CU father & baby.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Aviation; Communications; Celebrations and festivals; Postal services; Military
- Locations
- England; Cyprus
- Card file number
- 75811
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Felix M. Yiaxis
- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Length of story (in feet)
- 122
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