Smithfield Show

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2166A

Date Released

10 Dec 1970

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smithfield Show. DESCRIPTION: The Royal Smithfield Show - top livestock and Britain’s best farm machinery on display - gets blacked out on the opening day. A token strike by electrical workers hits vital services too. SHOTLIST: GV pan exhibition at Earls Court. SV pan Harvester on show. CU cutting blades rotating on ditto. CU 3 shots SV men reading newspapers. CU 2 shots newspaper headlines on the blackout. GV exterior Earls Court. SV taxi pan to exhibition patrons standing in taxi queue. CU sign Underground. SV station gates closed. SCU sing in shop window sorry no candles. GV exterior Earls Court. GV interior ditto in darkness. SV 2 shots exhibits being lit up by the lights of tractors. SV farmers etc. looking at livestock competition. SV livestock with candles CU man. SV woman brushes cow’s tail. SV cows lying down. SV man brushing cow in darkness. CU man lights pipe in darkness. GV show as lights go out.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Vehicles; Agriculture; Competitions; Transport; Celebrations and festivals; Industry and manufacture; Animal husbandry; Animals; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; United Kingdom

Card file number

96621

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name: AP Archive
Email: info@aparchive.com
Web: http://www.movietone.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held: View all series held by AP Archive

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 63 times.