Thanks, Neighbour!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1856A

Date Released

31 Dec 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Battle of Hastings - On the Board
2. 2Thanks, Neighbour!
3. 3Boys and Girls Own Show
4. 4Operation Rescue
5. 5Buttons and Bow-Wows
6. 6By Rocket to Safety

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Wheat Harvest. DESCRIPTION: Arthur Glennon, a farmer in New South Wales, had five hundred acres of wheat to harvest. While, he was seriously ill in hospital, and his family couldn’t cope, neighbours moved in, with twenty harvesters and over forty trucks. The job would normally have taken three weeks but thanks to the generosity of seventy neighbours it was completed in four and a half hours. SHOTLIST: Medium shot of tractors pulling harvesters past camera. Harvesters working. Medium shot of combine harvester. Close up of blade cutting wheat. Mr Arthur Glennon Senior with children. Mr Glennon holding young boy. Combine harvesters cutting wheat. Medium close up of harvester pouring wheat into truck. Long shot of harvesters working.

Keywords

Agriculture; Disabled persons

Locations

Australia; New South Wales

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

89199

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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