Battle of the High Street
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of the High Street. DESCRIPTION: More competition among the shops and cheaper goods for the customer. That’s what we can expect when the Government abolishes price-fixing. Supermarkets and big stores have welcomed the proposals, out for smaller shops a narrower profit margin could mean disaster. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Uxbridge High Street. LAS sign Supermarket. CU another. CU wire basket. MS woman inside supermarket. MCU tobacconist’s window. CU same. CU zoom out same. CU sign Furniture. GV pan man takes chair from van to shop. MS chair outside same. MCU various goods outside ironmonger’s shop. CU others. GV forecourt to Lex garage. GV new cars on display. CU same. GV motoring articles on display. CU battery. CU another. GV bookshop window. CU same. CU record sleeves in window. CU pan same. CU same. CU others. MCU same. GV pan woman enters cut price shop. MCU pan woman outside ironmonger’s shop. GV Uxbridge High Street. GV exterior American supermarket. GV interior Mr and Mrs Thomas Kearns start race. CU Mrs Kearns collects goods. MS Mr Kearns does likewise. GV Mrs Kearns collects goods. CU cash till totalling sum. GV Mr Kearns collecting goods. GV Mr Kearns does same. MS same. ES same. GV row of filled baskets. CU cash till totalling sum. MS Mrs Kearns collecting goods. MS Mr Kearns does same. CU same. GV same. CU same. MCU same. CU cash till totalling sum. MCU Mr and Mrs Kearns after shopping race.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Economics; Shops and shopping
- Locations
- London; United States of America; New Jersey; Uxbridge; Bergenfield
- Footage sources
- United States of America
Movietone
- Card file number
- 87702B
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 251
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