Celebration Centrepiece

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1957

Date Released

5 Dec 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rolling Home
2. 2Celebration Centrepiece
3. 3Swinging World of Brian Robins

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Celebration Centrepiece. DESCRIPTION: Half the Christmas trees on sale this year would fail to meet the latest BSI standard! But not until next year will these standards come into force, regulating their shape and size. Meanwhile, work goes ahead in the forests of Britain to get the centrepiece of the festive season into the shops. What about a tree as a Christmas present? One of Japan’s famous miniature trees, some of which, in our picture, are a thousand years old! SHOTLIST: GV man pulls down tree. CU man sawing down tree. MS ditto. MS men walking through young trees. MS pan men selecting young trees. MCU Alsatian dog. MS man carrying tree. GV men carrying trees. MS men piling trees on tractor. MS ditto. MCU man sitting in drivers seat of tractor. Zoom out tractor moves off with load of trees. MCU miniature Christmas tree in pot. MS various miniature trees in pots. Pan up ditto. MS people looking at trees. MCU miniature Christmas tree bearing fruit. CU fruit. MCU ditto. MS pan man looking at miniature tree. CU miniature tree. MS Japanese workers selecting trees. MCU ditto. MS ditto. CU man pruning tree. MS ditto. CU ditto. MS man arranging pot around tree. CU ditto. MS man spraying trees. MS miniature Xmas trees. MS ditto. CU ditto. MCU ditto.

Keywords

Forestry

Locations

England; Japan

Footage sources

France

Card file number

91832

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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