Escargot - Somerset Style

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2072

Date Released

17 Feb 1969

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1All Afloat
2. 2PM Meets Chancellor
3. 3Cup Holders Through
4. 4Escargot - Somerset Style
5. 5Golfers’ Clinic
6. 6Ice Riders

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Escargot - Somerset Style. DESCRIPTION: A restaurant owner in the Mendip Hills has unearthed an old Somerset delicacy - the garden snail. With all the skill of a French Escargot Chef, he’s built up quite a reputation among gourmets in the West. SHOTLIST: MCU pan down man pouring cider into cooking pot. GV pan Miners’ Arms Restaurant, Mendip Hills. CU snail. CU Paul Leyton (owner) picking up snails from batch in garden. MS ditto. CU batch of snails. MS pan Paul Leyton takes snails into kitchen. MCU snails poured into pot. MS snail being stuffed. BCU ditto. MCU ditto. MS snails prepared for serving in kitchen. 2 shots Paul Leyton serves snails to two customers. MCU male customer looking at snails. MCU woman eating snail. CU pan up ditto.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Food and cooking

Locations

United Kingdom; Somerset; Priddy; Mendip Hills

Card file number

94440

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

Story extras:

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