Cars from Russia

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1564A

Date Released

28 May 1959

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Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cars From Russia. DESCRIPTION: Something new in Britain - something new from Russia: Soviet-built cars which will soon by on sale here. There is the Volga in the luxury class and the twelve horse-power Moscovitch, to name two of them. SHOTLIST: Tracking from car (key). FS ‘Volga’ approaches camera. MS driver lifts bonnet. CU engine. MS driver closes door. Interior CU driver and steering wheel. Car passes camera. FS ‘Moscovitch’. SS driver raises boot door. Same - revealing petrol filler behind number plate. MS driver looking under bonnet. CU engine. CU interior driver operates handle. CU radiator blind. SS letting down seats to form bed. Interior same. SS driver laying on bed. Car drives off. Interior same (tracking). CU pan car.

Keywords

Vehicles; Industry and manufacture

Locations

London; England

Card file number

77269

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Michael Samuelson

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