Behind the Scenes

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1696A

Date Released

7 Dec 1961

Date Other

Dec 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Smithfield
2. 2Berlin - A New Wall
3. 3Behind the Scenes
4. 4White Christmas?
5. 5#Name?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Behind the Scenes. DESCRIPTION: Before the circus comes to town, performers must be put through their paces again and again. And to judge by all that harness, there’s plenty of spit and polish to be done behind the scenes. Mrs Wilmar, the wardrobe mistress, has been playing her important circus role for 35 years. Behind the scenes, of-course! And here is Joan Kruse, rehearsing one of her teddy-bears, while a couple of clowns swap punches in a battle to bring the house down. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS horses. GV harness. CU harness. GV two horses. MCU clowns. MS pan horses. MS horse. MS horse running round. CU woman. CU pan down woman. MS woman. MS bear. MCU ditto. GV bear and girl on toy horse. GV pan bear on bike. CU clown. MS two men boxing. MS boxer hits referee. CU clown. MCU boxer KO another. MS boxer taken away. MS ring master. MCU same. NB The boxers are midgets rehearsing a funny circus act.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

London

Card file number

83553

Credits:

Camera

Ken Taylor

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

152

Story extras:

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