A Flutter in the Lane

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1674A
Date Released
6 Jul 1961
Date submitted
3 Jul 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Kuwait Gets Support
  2. 2Scottish Tour
  3. 3Landfall Sydney
  4. 4A Flutter in the Lane

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Flutter in the Lane. DESCRIPTION: That famous East End street market, Petticoat Lane, is one of the sights of London. They have bargain sales all the year round in the lane, they sell everything down there, from winkle-pickers to jellied eels! But a near-by building site is ripe for development, and the plan for a new covered market has caused quite a flutter. Here are some views from the people chiefly concerned ... SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS crowds in Petticoat Lane (street market). TS same. GV same. CU stall owner. MS same selling clothing to crowd. CU sign ‘Mystic Soap’. CU man selling jellied eels. Zoom in on parrot. CU of cup being filled with eels. CU of woman selling eels. CU of sign of the oldest established eel stall. LS of new building site. Closer view different angle of new building. CU of man concerned with new building. CU of woman concerned with new building. CU of another man concerned in building. CU of third man concerned in the building. Shot up Petticoat Lane in the rain. CU of stalls in the rain. Another shot of the lane. CU of man at the stall with sun glasses. MS of man at the clucking hen stall. CU of the clucking hen sign. CU of two hens. CU of man selling hens. CU of man selling clothing. CU of man selling articles. Zoom in of man selling dresses. MS of man selling necklace. MS of onlookers. Zoom in on necklace sellers. CU of onlookers. CU and zoom away from necklace seller.
Keywords
Shops and shopping
Locations
London
Card file number
82790
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
281
Story extras:
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