Identi-Quick

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2078A
Date Released
3 Apr 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1River Riders
  2. 2Player Turns Painter
  3. 3Memorial Chapel
  4. 4Chopper to the Rescue
  5. 5Identi-Quick

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Identi-Quick. DESCRIPTION: An important advance in Police communications is introduced with the Sussex Constabulary. Information and pictures of Wanted People are transmitted to a receiver in the patrol car - and reproduced in the form of an instant facsimile. SHOTLIST: GV control room at Sussex Police HQ. MCU policeman answers phone. 2 shots man goes to map and pinpoints area. MS policewoman extracts data from files. CU policewoman feeds picture of man & map into transmitter. CU policewoman. CU ditto. BS police patrolman driving car. MCU policeman, pan to receiver with picture appearing. CU picture coming from receiver. CU policeman. CU steering wheel. CU picture coming from receiver. CU policewoman. CU map fed into transmitter. BS policeman in car. 2 CUs map appearing from receiver. MCU pan policeman stops car and tears off picture & map. CU policeman examines picture of man & map. CU policeman driving. Trucking shots houses. LS police-car stops. 6 shots policeman apprehends man and puts him into car & then drives off.
Keywords
Communications; Science and technology; Crime
Locations
Sussex; Lewes; United Kingdom
Card file number
94596
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
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