Do It All Yourself

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1683
Date Released
4 Sep 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Bloodhound with a Bite
  2. 2Do It All Yourself
  3. 3Poor Fish!
  4. 4In Deep Water
  5. 5Top of Her Class
  6. 6Indian Summer?

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Do It All Yourself. DESCRIPTION: The Do-It-Yourself exhibition at Olympia had many interesting sections, with stands from many foreign and Commonwealth countries. Its getting more and more popular in Britain. Aids for the home, light weight multi-purpose ladders and self adhesive wall-paper makes light work of any household chores. SHOTLIST: TS looking down on stands. GV stand from Egypt. MS two men looking at large plate. GV Korean stand. MS man and woman looking at goods. GV Nigerian stand. MS Nigerian man places hat on model. MS Nigerian woman with customer. GV woman working small loom. MS and CU man using electric plane. MS man rolling up lightweight multi-purpose ladder. CU woman spreading plaster. MS woman draws up roll of self-adhesive wallpaper and hangs it. Shots of making home made wine. Sequence: demonstrating magical cloth for mopping up stains.
Keywords
Domestic life; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; Olympia
Card file number
83065A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
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