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Underground Parking

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1698A
Date Released
21 Dec 1961
Date submitted
19 Dec 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Back with a Hat-Trick
  2. 2Top Cats
  3. 3Dancing Down Under
  4. 4Underground Parking
  5. 5Fast and Ferocious
  6. 6Home for Christmas
  7. 7Norway’s Present

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underground Car Park. DESCRIPTION: London’s famous for its many open spaces, and now one of them has been put to a new use, it’s coming to the aid of the ever-present parking problem. Mr Marples performed the opening ceremony for the new underground scheme. It’ll hold 350 cars. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV car park. MS Finsbury Square sign. LS car park. GV Mr Marples opens the car park by cutting the tape, he shakes hands with the Mayor. MS sign says Underground Car Park opening 18th December 1961. LS car enters car park. MS Morris Minor along road enters car park. TS car going into car park. MS car park attendant directing man parking his car. MS same walking between parked cars. MS structure on ground level above car park.
Keywords
Politics and government; Vehicles; Transport; Ceremonies
Locations
London
Card file number
83630
Credits:
Camera
Ken Taylor
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:

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