Eggs-Eptional!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1736A

Date Released

13 Sep 1962

Date submitted

12 Sep 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Speedway - Champion of the World
2. 2Premiers’ Vital Conference
3. 3Breaking-Up Day
4. 4Eggs-Eptional!
5. 5Power Boats Full Ahead (In Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eggs-Eptional!. DESCRIPTION: Now, an important news flash from a chicken farm near Rome, where one of the feathered inhabitants recently caused quite a flutter: she laid black eggs! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan chickens. MS chickens. MS chickens. MS woman with hen. CU hen pan to man. MCU boy looks at black eggs. CU woman. MCU eggs broken. CU woman with hen.

Keywords

Curiosities; Animals

Locations

Italy; Rome

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

85084

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

71

Story extras:

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