Getting the Needle
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Getting the Needle. DESCRIPTION: The World Needle-Threading Championship in Manchester. The idea of the contest is to see how many strands of cotton can be threaded through the eye of a number thirteen rug needle. The winner is Tony Norton of Palmers Green. He finished with a record of 1,171 threads through the eye of the needle. SHOTLIST: MS group of competitors threading their needles. CU competitor threading needle. MS ditto another. CU pan up Verina Archer threading needle. MS competitors threading needles. CU Tony Norton threading needle. CU ditto. Various shots ditto. CU result board. MCU woman chalking on result board. MS Tony Norton receiving congratulations.
- Keywords
- Curiosities; Competitions
- Locations
- Manchester
- Card file number
- 89579
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Keith Medley
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 98
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