Taxi Girl

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1825

Date Released

25 May 1964

Date submitted

14 May 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Taxi Girl. DESCRIPTION: Here’s one answer to the traffic problem: a new taxi service on two wheels - a moped, to be precise! And here is Jenny Redgrave, a pretty girl who’s working for a London firm that’s been hoping to start this enterprise. They propose to charge ten shillings an hour with a minimum fare of two bob. When we went out with Jenny, the firm had already applied to the police for permission to start business. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan Jenny Redgrave pulls away on moped. MS same along street. TS moped through traffic. BS pedestrian hails taxi. TS same. MS man gets on moped. MCU same. CU man puts arm round Jenny’s waist. CU man’s face. MS Jenny and passenger pull away on moped. CU controls on moped. TS same through traffic. TS same along street. TS same through traffic. TS same along road. MS Jenny and passenger and pan down to bike. CU bike’s controls. MLS moped past Buckingham Palace. MS pan same past camera. MS same stops and passenger gets off after paying fares.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Transport; Business and commerce

Locations

London

Card file number

88338

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

102

Story extras:

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