Put a Punch in Your Shopping

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1883A
Date Released
8 Jul 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Beatrix and Claus
  2. 2Lapwing Wins Tideway
  3. 3Leaning Tower Still Leaning
  4. 4Put a Punch in Your Shopping
  5. 5Eight Under Four! (+ Dublin & Floods)
  6. 6Plane Crash - Forty One Die

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Put a Punch in Your Shopping. DESCRIPTION: A new supermarket in Wallasey is the first in Britain to introduce a revolutionary shopping system. Beneath every article for sale is a pile of punched cards. Instead of goods, a card is taken. The cards are then handed in, sorted and tabulated and a bill is made out automatically. While you finish your other shopping your order is packed ready for collection. SHOTLIST: GV supermarket. MS notice Guide to Shoppers. MS woman enters supermarket and takes plastic wallet. MCU ditto. MS woman walking round supermarket. CU woman takes punched card and puts it into wallet. MS ditto. CU ditto. BS women walking around supermarket. MS women handing in cards. MCU cards put into tabulating machine. CU cards in machine. MS woman in butchers. MS articles of food selected in storeroom. MS customers collecting bags of food.
Keywords
Shops and shopping
Locations
Wallasey
Footage sources
United Press International [UPI]
Card file number
89900
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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