Gypsy Warning

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1681A

Date Released

24 Aug 1961

Date submitted

21 Aug 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Two Great Centuries
2. 2A Rough Passage
3. 3Gypsy Warning
4. 4Tonic for West Berlin
5. 5Moss Makes It Seven

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gypsy Warning. DESCRIPTION: The Gypsies on Colney Heath, have been warned off the Common. Objection is taken to the rubbish and litter left lying about. The Parish Council and the law came to warn them off, so the Gypsies are on the move again. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS Barbara Cartland. MLS Gypsies. MS Gypsy children. MS (2) mother with children. MLS Mr Eric Williams. LS clothes line. LS another. MLS rubbish on heath. MS clerk of Parish Council. MLS clerk with police. MLS clerk talks to Gypsies to tell them to leave. MLS television aerial taken down. MS another. MS Gypsy loading lorry. LS Gypsy moves off. MS same. GV pan Colney Heath.

Keywords

Ethnic groups

Locations

Hertfordshire; Colney Heath

Card file number

83028

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

78

Story extras:

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