News in Colour: Christmas - Children’s Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2052A
Date Released
3 Oct 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Piggy-Back Plane
  2. 2Swinging City
  3. 3Bunnies in the Bar
  4. 4Le Mans Hat-Trick
  5. 5News in Colour: Christmas - Children’s Festival
  6. 6News in Colour: Christmas Deadline for Cunard’s Queen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
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Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas - Children’s Festival. DESCRIPTION: That’s the theme of the new Christmas Stamps, to be issued next month. We meet the designer - and her twelve year old daughter, the face on the nine-penny stamp. Children feature in Christmas Cards too. Winning designs in a Children’s contest will be among a range of cards from the Variety Club - with all proceeds going to help sick, handicapped and under-privileged children. SHOTLIST: CU new Christmas stamps. CU Artist Rosalind Dease with one of her stamp designs. CU ditto. BCU zoom in stamp. CU Fenella Dease with one of her stamp designs. CU stamps. BCU zoom out stamp. CU Christmas card. MS Pauline Meek with her Christmas card design. BCU Christmas card design. CU Pauline Meek. Two shots - Bruce Forsyth & Roger Moore. MS Bruce Forsyth & Roger Moore with Pauline Meek and Claire Forster, winner of the junior section. CU Zoom in Claire Forster’s design the King. MCU Claire Forster with her design. MCU six year old, Gillian Prosser, winner of the infants section. CU zoom in Gillian’s winning design Three Kings. MS Roger Moore holding up her design. CU Linda Thorson with Claire Forster. MCU ditto. MS the children receive their prizes. CU The King card design.
Keywords
Competitions; Arts and crafts; Fundraising; Celebrations and festivals; Postal services; Performing arts
Locations
London; United Kingdom
Card file number
93962
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
143
Story extras:
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