Dial Your Drink

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Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1800
Date Released
2 Dec 1963
Date submitted
25 Nov 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1They All Brought Bunnies!
  2. 2Dial Your Drink
  3. 3Look - No Hands!
  4. 4Helping Mum
  5. 5Ordeal by Fire

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dial Your Drink. DESCRIPTION: The Flag Inn at Bolton in Lancashire is the first in the country to introduce the dial-a-drink system. You dial your choice according to its serial number, and this is recorded by the control unit behind the bar which also marks up your table number and the price. The barmaid operates in the old-fashioned way, while the waiter hasn’t got any worries about remembering a big order or working out the price. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MCU waiter with drink. CU dialling for drink. CU register registering order. CU barmaid pouring beer. MCU same hands order to waiter. MCU waiter places drinks on table. MS customer enters bar. MCU man dials 00. MCU waiter talks to men. MCU woman dialling for drink. CU register operating. MCU barmaid pouring drink. MS waiter approaching table.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Business and commerce
Locations
Lancashire; Bolton
Card file number
87606
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Keith Medley
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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