Cavalcade of Christmas (In Colour)

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1748A

Date Released

6 Dec 1962

Date Other

Nov 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cavalcade of Christmas (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: Sauchiehall, Renfield and Buchanan Streets in Glasgow all lit up for Christmas. London’s Oxford Street turns night into day with over a mile of Christmas trees. And Regent Street, where this year’s theme is the Three Wise Men. Even against a 20th century commercial background, he’s with us again - beard and all. The Peter Pan Story is illustrated in a London store. All James Barrie’s familiar characters who’ve been delighting children for nearly sixty years. SHOTLIST: Key scene (fade in). Lights in Glasgow (8 shots). Regent and Oxford Street lights (5 shots) (in Regent Street The Three Wise Men). CU teddy bears. CU little girl. MS train set. CU little boy. MS toy elephant, children with Father Christmas (7 shots). Peter Pan and friends (3 shots), (outside Selfridges), Peter Pan’s pirates (2 shots). CU little boy, Red Indians (2 shots). CU monkey and elephant, monkeys playing in a band (3 shots), Peter Pan and pirate fighting. CU mermaids, monkeys making music (4 shots).

Keywords

Celebrations and festivals

Locations

London; Glasgow

Card file number

85519

Credits:

Camera: Gordon Coull
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

219

Story extras:

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