Christmas is Coming

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1750

Date Released

17 Dec 1962

Date Other

Dec 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Big Job for World’s Fastest
2. 2Dreadnought on Trial
3. 3Leave It to Electronics
4. 4Christmas is Coming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Is Coming. DESCRIPTION: First there’s the parcel sorting at the GPO at Mount Pleasant, also showing Post Master General. In Copenhagen Santa Claus answers children’s letters. In Trafalgar Square in London, there’s the Christmas Tree from Norway, and the traditional carol singing. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV parcels at GPO Mount Pleasant. People sorting parcels (2 shots), badly packed parcels (3 shots), parcel being packed (2 shots), little girls writing cards to Santa (this is in Denmark). Santa tips cards out from sack. CU cards addressed to Santa (6 shots). Cards being undone and read (2 shots). Card being read (2 shots). LS Christmas in Trafalgar Square. MS crowd. MS man speaking. MCU little girl with father. MS Norwegian girls singing carols. Crowds - pan up to Christmas tree (2 shots). GV girls singing. MCU man with little girl. CU pan up Christmas tree. LS Christmas tree.

Keywords

Communications; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

London; Copenhagen; Denmark

Footage sources

France

Card file number

85655

Credits:

Camera

James Humphries

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

251

Story extras:

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