Away from It All

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1682A
Date Released
31 Aug 1961
Date submitted
16 Aug 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Spring Cleaning
  2. 2The Fasting Sikh
  3. 3Pony Show Jumping
  4. 4Hong Kong Scare
  5. 5Away from It All
  6. 6The Happy Invasion

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Floating Home. DESCRIPTION: Get away from it all and take it easy on top deck of a new type of floating house. It’s equipped like a luxury flat down below and this houseboat offers more design for living than most. The lay-out speaks for itself and there is no telephone, which is quite a relief. SHOTLIST: Various GVs of houseboat. Shot from outside boat looking in through window into kitchen, woman making tea. Shot looking through window of lounge, couple talking and receiving tea through kitchen hatch. Shot of bedroom looking through window, woman walks in and takes off bedspread. Shot of couple taking various shots. GV lounge interior. Shot of bathroom and reverse shot looking through window. Several shots and angle of houseboat. Shot of people relaxing on roof deck various shots. GV boat different angle. Shot of new skies The Aquaskate.
Keywords
Ships and boats
Locations
Hampton Court
Card file number
83014
Credits:
Camera
John Davies
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
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