Houses for the Homeless

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1784

Date Released

12 Aug 1963

Date submitted

6 Aug 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rowing in the Park
2. 2Houses for the Homeless
3. 3How to Be Hot in Summer!
4. 4News Events in Colour: Cowes Regatta

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Houses for the Homeless. DESCRIPTION: A shipment of pre-fabricated buildings, destined for the earthquake city of Skopje in Yugoslavia, was loaded at Tilbury Docks. These houses will soon help some of the many homeless people in that stricken city. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ship. CU name Cerdic Ferry. MS transport lorry arrives. MLS lorry enters hold of ship. CU inside hold. Pre-fab sections on ship’s deck (6 shots). CU pan - Tilbury Docks. GV ship. These pre-fab houses are destined for the earthquake city of Skopje - Yugoslavia.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Foreign aid; Accidents and disasters

Locations

London; Tilbury Docks

Card file number

87040

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Mark McDonald

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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