The Finest Feathers

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1749

Date Released

10 Dec 1962

Date submitted

5 Dec 1962

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Finest Feathers. DESCRIPTION: At the National Poultry Show at Olympia cooking producers expect the demand for poultry to be bigger than ever. The idea is to encourage a bird to convert its food into meat and eggs as cheaply as possible. They’ve now developed a Bantam goose, to popularise geese among smaller families. The show also features hats made out of feathers. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV show room. CU birds. CU cutting - bird (2 shots). CU pan - turkeys. CU pan down scales - turkey weighing 52 lbs. CU turkey on scale. CU turkey’s head. MCU feeding turkeys (3 shots). MCU two geese (large and small). CU goose’s head. MCU two geese. CU head of goose. CU zoom out - goose hat. CU chicken. CU zoom in - feather hat. CU chicken. CU hat made of chicken feathers. CU chicken hat zoom in remove hat - egg replaces hat on woman’s head.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Agriculture; Birds; Animal husbandry; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; Olympia

Card file number

85609

Credits:

Camera: John Abbott
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

131

Story extras:

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