Soft Labour

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2106

Date Released

13 Oct 1969

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Soft Labour. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s first Prison Factory opens near Bisley in Surrey. To accommodate up to three hundred prisoners, it attempts to reflect the working environment outside, with a five-day, forty hour week, and more emphasis on self reliance than security. By inspiring a sense of responsibility, the Prison authorities hope to establish a more constructive road to rehabilitation. SHOTLIST: GV prison block pan to warden with dog and pan to barbed wire on fences. CU warden’s dog pan up to warden. CU sign ‘HM PRISON COLDINGLEY’. MS warden unlocking door and checking prison corridor. CU warden unlocks cell door. MS pan prison showing postcards on wall. CU books on shelf. MS prisoner buying from prison store. CU goods bought. CU cell unlocked. CU prisoner washing machine. CU ironing boards. GV prisoners workshop. CU cutting machine. MCU silk screen printer. MCU man places board under machine. CU road signs. GV pan wire on prison.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Industry and manufacture; Crime; Animals

Locations

Bisley; United Kingdom

Card file number

95236

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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