Learning on ScreenChristmas Cheer
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Cheer. DESCRIPTION: Every year, it’s the same story: leaving your shopping till the last minute, and then finding that everyone else has done the same! What a job it is: crowded streets pretty well everywhere, crowded shops, and so many things to choose from. The shops were bulging with good things, and it’s so easy to get fascinated by the toys for the kids! And how difficult it is to get the parcels home without breakages. And how difficult for the Post Office people to deal with all those packages and parcels that have not been packed with special care! And now, to get home, if we can. While on the subject of transport, here’s a word from the Transport Minister, Mr Marples. Now, to Father Christmas, who is always right in the thick of it. He finds distributing dolls and toys to sick children in hospital wards one of his most enjoyable tasks. And, of-course, he has to listen to endless demands in the stores. But after all the turmoil, peace comes at-last! SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU shoppers (street packed). CU another. MS another. CU shoppers CU another. GV street packed with shoppers. MS shoppers MS another. CU man blowing up balloon. MS model railway. CU crowd. MCU toys MCU another MCU another. CU boy watching. MCU toy. MCU another performing. MCU another. MS woman buying an article. MS another. MS another. GV another. CU tired saleswoman. CU man and woman. MS small boy carrying presents. MS woman picking up presents she dropped. GV small boy carrying presents. Slip pan Interior shot sorting office - men sorting parcels. MS pan along row of parcels. MS pan along parcels that have fallen to pieces. CU teddy bear. MS man holding up turkey. MS woman holding up turkey. MS man packing straw into box. MCU pan over broken packages. MCU pan to turkey hanging out of parcel. MCU street packed with shoppers. MCU people’s feet. MS shoppers packed together. MS shoppers. MS shoppers trying to get on a bus. GV same MS same Slip pan MCU Mr Marples speech. Slip pan GV models of dolls. CU doll CU another (2). CU baby doll crying. GV modelling dolls. GV Father Christmas in hospital ward. MCU same gives toy to boy in bed. CU Santa. MS boy receives toy from Santa. CU boy lying in bed. CU boy - another. MS Santa asking small boy what he wants for Christmas. MCU another. GV house (night). LS interior house CU plant. MS small girl asleep in bed. MS small boy asleep in bed. CU girl asleep in bed with doll.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Children; Curiosities; Domestic life; Shops and shopping; Transport; Celebrations and festivals; Postal services
- Locations
- England; Ministry of Transport
- Card file number
- 81438
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
- Commentator
- Jeffrey K. Shearley
- Camera
- Len Waldorf
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 263
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