Learning on ScreenFor the Future
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: For the Future. DESCRIPTION: A dream for over a hundred and twenty years is becoming a reality. The first ceremonial spadefuls of concrete inaugurate the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Around the countryside, members of a Motoring Organisation have been planning for tomorrow, planting twelve thousand trees to beautify picnic and leisure grounds in over thirty five countries. SHOTLIST: CU cement from ready mix lorry. MCU Desmond Plummer with shovel. CU cement. MCU D Plummer & Jennie Lee shovelling concrete. HAS theatre location area pan up to GV London & river. MLS ditto. MS sun breaking through trees. CU map Proposed picnic area at Chevening. GV pan area & quarry. MS people pass camera with trees and shovels. MCU ditto. MS woman plants tree. CU spade into dirt. MS Lord de L’Isle with VIP at AA plaque. CU Lord de L’Isle & VIP. CU AA commemoration plaque. MS 2 men plant tree. MS crowd. MS man fills dirt in around tree. CU man plants small tree. CU dog. CU man fills dirt around tree. MCU dog round tree.
- Keywords
- Organisations; Politics and government; Vehicles; Environment; Horticulture; Ceremonies; Forestry; Local government; Engineering; Scenery and travel
- Locations
- United Kingdom
- Card file number
- 95340
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 129
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