Britain Goes Decimal

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2176A

Date Released

18 Feb 1971

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1 / 5

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MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain Goes Decimal. DESCRIPTION: D Day comes and goes and the country quickly adjusts to the new decimal coins. There’s a bit of confusion at first of course, and most people needed to check the conversion charts. Decimally speaking we’ll need to be even more penny-wise from now on. SHOTLIST: SV pan up decimal currency chart. CU hand counting new pence from counter. CU man. GV garage. CU petrol meter turning to 69 new pence - 2 gallons. SV attendant gives driver change, driver points to chart. LV interior people in public lounge bar. CU glass filled with beer. CU man at bar. CU barman puts change into customers hand. GV exterior supermarket. CU 3 shots decimal signs. AS interior looking up at shoppers’ table. CU woman shopper. CU hand on till registering 8np and 24np. CU change given in new coins. SV hand on till registering 5np & 50np. SV elderly woman searches purse for money - pan up to woman. CU hand in till for change. CU woman shopper. SV shopper receives change from assistant.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Economics; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Road transport

Locations

London; United Kingdom

Card file number

96828

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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