Heart of the Party

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2001

Date Released

9 Oct 1967

Date submitted

6 Oct 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Big Builders
2. 2Heart of the Party
3. 3None for the Road

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heart of the Party. DESCRIPTION: Movietone visits the Champagne Vineyards of France, where the grapes are now being harvested, and discovers some of the subtle secrets of making the most famous sparkling wine in the world. SHOTLIST: MCU vineyards of champagne, pan up to the town of Epernay in distance (France). CU bunch of grapes. Zoom out girl picking bunches of grapes. MS zoom out workers in vineyards. GV river valley. CU man working in vineyards. MCU woman working in vineyards. CU man selecting a grape from a collection of bunches. CU man eating grape. Trucking shot man wheeling barrow of grapes past through vineyards. MS man wheeling barrow of grapes in pressing plant. CU basket of grapes being poured into large bin. MCU ditto. MS ditto. CU ditto. MS ditto. CU ditto. MS man switching on pressing machine. CU part of pressing machine. MS part of pressing machine. CU grape juice flowing from pressing machine. CU ditto. CU part of pressing machine. CU grape juice flowing out of pressing machine. CU ditto (x2). MS men descending circular staircase. MLS men entering cellars. MS zoom in liquid in fermenting vat. CU ditto. MS man pouring out champagne into glass. CU ditto. CU man tasting champagne. MS man taking bottle from racks in cellar. MCU man examining bottle. Trucking shot along racks of bottles. MS man turning bottles in racks. CU ditto. MCU very old bottles of wine covered in dust & dirt. MCU pan ditto. CU man opening bottles of wine. MCU man fixing bottles onto revolving rack. MCU pan man takes bottle from rack, puts in new cork and puts it onto another rack from which another man takes it and places a wire cap on it. CU man operating machine which twists wire onto bottle caps. MCu man shaking bottles. CU man putting bottles in crates. CU finished bottles on moving rack. CU statue. Pan down to champagne being poured into glass. Zoom in to glass of champagne.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Environment; Agriculture; Industry and manufacture

Locations

France

Footage sources

France

Card file number

92859

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

311

Story extras:

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