Metric Measures

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2184

Date Released

12 Apr 1971

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Metric Measures. DESCRIPTION: Great Britain is expected to changeover to the metric system by 1975. The Going Metric Exhibition in Scotland shows us just what we are in for. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Glasgow Art Gallery. GV interior Metric Exhibition. CU girl pan down to going metric sign on her breast pocket. LV Lord Provost of Glasgow making opening speech. SV audience applause. SV small girl having height measured by one of the metric girls. SV sign how tall are you in metres pan to metric height chart. SV metric girl measures bust. SV girl measures chest. SCU girl starts to weigh briefcase pan up to dial on weighing machine. SCU public weighing machine. SV back wheel of bike on stand pan up to boy pedalling. SCU dial on handlebars in km. SV car travelling along road to signpost. CU signpost in km - pan to other signpost Windcombe 3 km. Pan to gate made of metric tools. SV gate. SCU pan ditto main part of gate. CU tools (2 shots). LV gate.

Keywords

Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Glasgow; Scotland

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

96970

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

105

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