Learning on ScreenNew Year - A Snowy Start
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Snowy Start. DESCRIPTION: As the curtain went up on the New Year, it was as if, suddenly, all Britain had been painted white. In the cities, the scene was very attractive, too, and squares were blanketed in snow. Big Ben went on strike by not striking. And the kids? They behaved as all kids do, when all this gorgeous white stuff lies around. But the railways were pretty hard hit. Ask anyone who had to travel that way! SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV countryside in snow. MS same. CU pan down tree tops covered with snow. Snow covered trees (3 shots). LS bridge over river. LS frozen river. MS pan - boys fishing from bridge. GV pan countryside in snow. LS pan snow in London Park. Ducks on ice (3 shots). GV Soho Square in snow. MS girl walking across square. GV Leicester Square. MCU Shakespeare’s statue. LS Big Ben. MS Clive’s statue (Clive of India). Children playing snowballs (3 shots). Traffic on icy roads (7 shots). LS men clearing snow from rails. MS same. People going Winter sporting (2 shots). Countryside (2 shots).
- Keywords
- Weather; Transport
- Locations
- United Kingdom
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 83668
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Mark McDonald
- Length of story (in feet)
- 192
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