Teaching Themselves

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1688

Date Released

9 Oct 1961

Date submitted

5 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Teaching Themselves. DESCRIPTION: Barnham Primary is a school with a difference, as the headmaster, Mr Hooton, explained. There are nearly a hundred youngsters, aged between 4 and 11, and they learn geography, mathematics and all other subjects the natural, practical way. They even do their own reporting and interviewing! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV school. MCU head master talking. LS children. MCU boy. MS children coming out of house. GV children in class room. MCU girl tidies up. MS children playing shop. MCU same. MCU sweets. MS child being served. MS same. MS boy counting money. MCU another. MCU boy talking to girl. MCU same boy. MS boy walking to BBC. MS boy talking. GV children. CU tape recorder. MCU 2 girls. CU girl. CU same. CU same and boy. GV school.

Keywords

Education and training

Locations

United Kingdom

Card file number

83264

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Len Waldorf

Length of story (in feet)

188

Story extras:

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