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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:
  1. 1Landing on the Beam
  2. 2Country Comes to Town
  3. 3House-Bound for Five Years
  4. 4Thousand Pound Wager!
  5. 5Cavalcade of Christmas (In Colour)

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
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