Milk Round Gives Square Deal

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1914
Date Released
7 Feb 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Detained But Not Destroyed
  2. 2War and Peace in the Playroom
  3. 3Milk Round Gives Square Deal
  4. 4Victims of Vietnam

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Milk Round Gives Square Deal. DESCRIPTION: A new way of delivering milk - a plastic bag, encased in a fibre board box is replacing the old fashioned milk churn. The new packs are disposable, weigh about a third less than a churn and take up less space. The personality Milkman of 1966, Ray Mileham of Hornchurch. He was recommended by Mrs McAllen because he’s The Nicest Milkman she’s ever known - Always on time - Always gets the order right - Never too busy for a friendly word. SHOTLIST: CU man drinks milk from a glass. MCU dairy worker places plastic bag into box. MCU pan dairy worker carries box across to milk machine and fixes tube from plastic bag onto the filler. MCU milk flows from machine into the plastic bag. TS ditto. MCU dairy workers place filled boxes beside others. CU dairy worker seals box. MS milkman walks around his lorry. CU milkman lifts box from lorry after sliding shutter up. CU milkman placing box into a dispenser. CU ditto. MCU man closing dispenser door. CU milk down dispenser tube into a glass. MS woman filling glasses at dispenser and drinking. MCU woman drinking. CU another ditto. Pan milk float down road. MS milkman Ray Mileham gets out of float. CU pan Ray lifts crate and pushes open a customer’s front gate. Pan Ray down garden path knocks front door and Mrs Goodenough opens door. CU Mrs Goodenough. CU Ray the milkman. MS pan Ray lifts crate and walks back down path to milk float.
Keywords
Food and cooking
Locations
London; Surrey; Baker Street; Romford; Morden; Marks
Card file number
90719
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
191
Story extras:
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