Moving House

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1699

Date Released

25 Dec 1961

Date submitted

6 Nov 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Moving Outports. DESCRIPTION: Moving house in Newfoundland can cause a lot of excitement. One reason is that here moving house means just that, taking the old homestead away, lock, stock and barrel, and putting it somewhere else. It’s all part of a centralisation scheme. People from outlying fishing villages are being re-settled near some of Newfoundland’s new industries. SHOTLIST: LS mail boat arriving at Fox Island. Pan left to right. MS bags of mail being carried ashore. LS children running after mailman. LS pan left to right over island to men getting house ready for moving on raft. MLS men hauling on skid log - one of two main skid logs. MCU man breaking cement foundation in order to get skid log in. CU sledge hitting cement. MS men watching. MCU man watching. LS pan left to right - cement foundation of house foreground, old man sitting on rock. CU old man. LS pan right to left across Fair Island terrain to two storey frame house on shore. MLS pan left to right to house, small boat in foreground. MS men hauling house onto raft, pan left to right to house. MCU man hauling house onto raft. MS pan right to left, from house to men on rope. MCU pan right to left, men hauling on rope. MS two teenagers getting cod blubber ready to grease logs. CU same. MCU boys greasing raft logs. MCU pan left to right down to greasing. CU tilt up from rocks to MLS house. MS tilt down. Left to right, from man with ropes to anchor and tilt back to old man. MCU two men levelling skid logs. MCU old man to men hauling on rope. LS men in foreground hauling house in background. MS reverse, men hauling. MS pan right to left, boys at anchor adjusting block and tackle. MLS men on rope. MS men and boys hauling. MCU pan right to left hauling. MCU men hauling. MLS pan right to left men hauling. MS boys watching. MLS pan right to left, house on raft being pushed from shore. MS pan right to left, spectators and men pushing house from shore. LS small boat towing house on raft. MS girls walking right to left with mail and parcels. MLS and GV houses being readied for removal. MS pan sheep. MS boy attempting to catch rabbit. MCU hens and rooster. MS small girl watching from boat. LS families left waving goodbye. LS boy in boat. MS group of men watching. MLS coastline of Fair Island. MLS house being towed. LS Fair Island. MS church as seen through frame work of deserted house. MS view through frame work. MLS man holding child. MCU girl watching motor boat passing. MS approaching wharf. MLS door of house with youth. LS pan right to left, boys running down to shore to look at house. LS pan left to right Centreville, new town site. LS pan left to right Centreville. LS truck on road to new town site.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Locations

Newfoundland

Footage sources

National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

83417

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

120

Story extras:

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