Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1756
Date Released
28 Jan 1963
Date Other
Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Tops on the Track
  2. 2Fashion - The Finishing Touch
  3. 3Art from Australia
  4. 4Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent. DESCRIPTION: Pictures of snow and ice bound Britain. The Arctic weather has brought discomfort all over the country. Canals and railways have been frozen up, but essential supplies have been kept going. Even the building trade has managed to keep going under a plastic cover. Our pictures show by comparison shots of the Holiday Exhibition and the crashing of the Niagara Falls which happened 25 years ago. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Frozen sea at Southend (3 shots). MS old people by fire. CU fire goes out. MCU gas ring goes out. MS 2 women in swimsuits. MS woman with zebra. MS two women sit down. GV pan - building site covered in snow (3 shots). Men working under plastic cover (3 shots). MS train through snow-drift. TS same. Train stuck in snow drift (5 shots). Men unfreeze coal (5 shots). GV pan canal frozen over. Pan canal lock frozen (2 shots). MS swans on ice. Oxford boat race crew practising (2 shots). Ice floating along river (2 shots). GV pan Niagara Falls. Honeymoon Bridge (4 shots). GV pan - same collapsing in 1938.
Keywords
Rowing; Buildings and structures; Weather; Accidents and disasters; Water sports; Animals; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
United States of America; United Kingdom
Card file number
85904
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
287
Story extras:
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