The Heart of Christmas

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1853

Date Released

7 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Heart of Christmas. DESCRIPTION: The Forestry Commission supplies a hundred thousand pounds worth of fir trees for Christmas. The Commission has five hundred forests throughout the country. They take good care to see that none are stolen and have a round-the-clock watch with foresters working closely with the police. SHOTLIST: MS men digging out fir trees. CU man stacking tree on pile. CU saw cutting through big tree. Further shots cutting down trees and stacking them. CU pan dog and handler. MLS police walking up to a car and inspecting tree. Night shots - GV street with trees suspended from windows. CU tree. LS large tree on green with lights.

Keywords

Celebrations and festivals; Forestry

Locations

United Kingdom

Card file number

89119

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher

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