News in Colour: Umbrellas
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Section Title
- News in Colour
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Umbrellas (In Colour). DESCRIPTION: As a protection from sunshine or showers, no one has invented a better gimmick than the umbrella. The concept dates back thousands of years, but nowadays umbrellas are more fashionable than ever. We take a colourful look at the manufacture and the uses of the brolly beautiful. SHOTLIST: GV rainy Manchester park people with umbrellas, LAV sign Manchester, man passes with umbrella, pan 2 shots people with umbrellas, GV umbrella factory, SCU woman stitching umbrella, SCU umbrella being stitched, SCU girl assembles skeleton of umbrella. CU girl. CU skeleton being assembled, SCU girl opens out skeleton. CU fabric stretched over skeleton. CU umbrella being steamed, SCU handle being put on. CU umbrella opened, rotated, SCU man rotating brolly with girl at fashion show. CU brolly designed like spiders web. CU bikini girl with fancy brolly. SV fashion girls make screen of umbrellas, zoom in, GV 3 shots umbrellas at Ascot. SV pan small girl with umbrella at Ascot, SV pan girl with Sombrero umbrella walks past man waiting in park, LV 2 girls with parasols walk up to waiting man, SCU man opens umbrella towards camera, trio walk into distance.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Weather; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows
- Locations
- Manchester; Ascot
- Card file number
- 95836
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Ray Gallard
- Length of story (in feet)
- 210
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