Long Day’s Week

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1894A

Date Released

23 Sep 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Speedway - The Bear is World Champ
2. 2....By So Many to So Few
3. 3Emma’s Lucky Win
4. 4Kangarugby!
5. 5Long Day’s Week
6. 6Ugliest Man in the World?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Long Day’s Week. DESCRIPTION: In Berlin Mike Warner’s five man beat group set a new world record for a continuous performance. They played for 156 hours non-stop - six and a half days. SHOTLIST: GV group playing while dancers dance. MCU group playing. CU guitarist. MS feet dancing. CU man dancing. MS dancers’ feet. CU member of the group being shaved. CU ditto. MCU member of the group being fed. CU singer singing. CU doctor checking singer. MS ditto. CU miner drinking beer. MS ditto. MS sweepers sweep cafe out while the group still play. MS two youngsters dancing to the music. MCU man trying to sleep. CU guitarist playing. MS girl wakes sleeper up by pouring water over him. MS dancers. CU dancers’ feet. MS dancers. MS drummer drumming. Pan down drummer’s feet in a bath of water. CU drummer’s bare feet. Mike Warners Beat Group.

Keywords

Curiosities; Records

Locations

Germany; Berlin

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

90152

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

87

Story extras:

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