Tom Cobley Lit Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1739
Date Released
1 Oct 1962
Date submitted
28 Sep 1962
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Army on the Move
  2. 2Australia Bound
  3. 3Frothy Fortnight
  4. 4Tom Cobley Lit Up
  5. 5Spain - Ordeal by Floods

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tom Cobley Lit Up. DESCRIPTION: Widecombe-in-the-Moor, nestling in a valley among the lonely heights of Dartmoor. Although familiar to holiday makers it’s an unlikely place to find a news story. Widecombe has altered little through the centuries but oil lamps and candles are at last giving way to electricity. The South Western Electricity Board has brought the twentieth century to Widecombe. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan Widecombe-in-the-Moor. GV pan Widecombe village. Pan down Widecombe church. (2 shots) Uncle Tom Cobley and all (model). MS people outside Tom Cobley’s shop. MS woman sits in Tom Cobley’s chair. MS woman lights oil lamp. MCU man fits electric point. Pan down television aerial. MCU bulb fitted in socket. CU electric point. Man kissing woman and light flashes on. CU sign The Old Inn (2 shots) church (at night).
Locations
Widecombe-in-the-Moor
Card file number
85224
Credits:
Camera
Dennie
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
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