Colourful Christmas (In Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1698
Date Released
18 Dec 1961
Date Other
Dec 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Varsity Clash
  2. 2The New Wembley
  3. 3Manchester - in the Force with a Horse
  4. 4They Can’t Sink
  5. 5Escape Incredible
  6. 6Colourful Christmas (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Colourful Christmas. DESCRIPTION: The colossal demand of Christmas cards keeps the factories hard at it, and since the first British card was designed, 118 years ago, how the industry has grown! Millions of new cards every year, and there’s quite an industry in gay parcel wrappings and decorations. And there are the Christmas lights which attract more and more people to the popular shopping streets. They may cause a bit of chaos with the traffic, but who cares at Christmas time? London’s all lit up, and quite right, too! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV girls in factory. MS girl working. CU girl making Christmas cards. MCU two girls working. CU girl marking card. CU cards. MCU cards on machine. MS cards being printed. MS girl packing cards. GV cards. MS woman with two children. CU same packing parcels. MCU little girl. CU girl packing. CU woman packing. CU parcel. CU same. CU another. CU decoration on parcel. GV lights in London. Light (4 shots). Bears in shop window (4 shots). CU bear with phone. CU pan bear polishing shoes. GV woman Alice in Wonderland (2 shots). MCU bear. GV play going on. CU doll. MS three dolls. MCU man with beard. MS Alice swimming in pool (2 shots). MCU two dolls. CU dolls (King and Queen of Hearts). CU the Mad Hatter. MS dolls sit at table. MCU doll. MCU Alice. MS Father Christmas with children. CU same. CU little girl. CU Father Xmas. CU little girl. MCU Father Xmas. CU little girl. MCU Father Xmas. MCU same picks up little girl. The lights (crowns) 5 shots.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals
Locations
London
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
83522
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
273
Story extras:
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