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Getting the Needle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1871
Date Released
12 Apr 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Motocross - Britain against Sweden
  2. 2The Stamp of Greatness
  3. 3The Launch That Nearly Wasn’t
  4. 4Getting the Needle
  5. 5Monty Meets the Sky Divers
  6. 6Sidewalk Surfers

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:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:

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