Silly Season

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1573

Date Released

23 Jul 1959

Date submitted

22 Jul 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Big Air Race
2. 2An Early Harvest
3. 3Silly Season
4. 4Postman’s New Look
5. 5The Queen in the Yukon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Silly Season Bed Race. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show girls in a bed race from Eastleigh - in Hants, to Andover - in Beds, of course! SHOTLIST: MS bed race. MS girl on bed being pushed. ES bed being pushed up hill. Pan bed going downhill. MS other bed being pushed up hill. MS bed being pushed through village. MS girl jumps from bed and enters ladies toilets. MS girl asks for penny from chap. MS girl into toilet. CV chap. MS girl leaves and jumps onto bed pan. MS bed being pushed. EV girl making-up. MS chap lying on ground. Same nurse attends to his feet. Same having face wiped.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Curiosities

Locations

England

Card file number

77730

Credits:

Camera

Ken Taylor

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

96

Story extras:

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