Latest Arrival

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1607

Date Released

21 Mar 1960

Date submitted

7 Mar 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Princess Margaret’s Busy Days
2. 2Wearing of the Green
3. 3The Boom Line
4. 4A Girl’s Best Friend
5. 5Latest Arrival
6. 6Canberra Launched

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Latest Arrival. DESCRIPTION: Big Bill Toucan is one of the residents at a private zoo in Cheshire, owned by a Brewery. A Chimp who recently starred in a film is another. But the proudest inmates of all are Adelaide and Menzies, a couple of Kangaroos, with a baby ‘roo, only the third ever to be born in Britain. SHOTLIST: SCU Big Bill Toucan. MS chimp. MS 2 kangaroos ‘Adelaide’ & ‘Menzies’. SCU chimp. SCU baby kangaroo in pouch. MS same (2).

Keywords

Children; Birds; Animals

Locations

England

Card file number

79531

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

53

Story extras:

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