Russians on the Road

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1955A

Date Released

24 Nov 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1High Life Holidays!
2. 2Russians on the Road
3. 3Absorbing the Damage
4. 4News in Colour: Record Space Walk

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russians on the Road. DESCRIPTION: Russia’s Man In The Street is no less keen on owning a car than his Western opposite number. A contest for home-made cars in Moscow underlines Ivan’s urge to get four wheels under him. SHOTLIST: GV pan crowds gather at home-made car contest. MS crowd. MS one of the home-made cars. Pan up crowd looking at car. CU steering column of car. MS man gets into another home-made car. MS pan. Three men drive away in another home-made car with a trailer. Tracking shot. Two boys driving a home-made car and an home-made motor cycle. Pan ditto. MS man driving boat on wheels. Tracking shot home-made cars and normal traffic proceeds down road. MCU old man driving home-made car. MS pan ditto. Tracking shot. Home-made cars moving along road with normal traffic.

Keywords

Vehicles

Locations

Russia

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

91777

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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