Soldiers & Dolls

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2221

Date Released

27 Dec 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Soldiers & Dolls
2. 2The Caronte Viaduct
3. 3The Motor Way Lights
4. 4The Maginot Line
5. 5Polish Stuntmen

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Soldiers & Dolls. DESCRIPTION: An auction in New Bond Street of 10,000 lead soldiers and figures of historical and present fame. And in Australia more miniature figures - dolls of famous and beautiful women all exquisitely dressed. SHOTLIST: MCU pan Coronation procession 1953. CU pan Coronation coach. MCU coachman pan to Queen Mother in coach with Princess Margaret. Pan open landau Queen Salote. Pan open landau with Winston Churchill. MS model of Adolf Hitler. MCU model of Joan of Arc on horse. MCU pan Henry VIII with his six wives. tilt up from table to model of Queen Elizabeth II. MCU Queen. BCU crown on head. MS Mrs Beulah Brusetti sitting sewing. CU ditto finishes sewing and holds up petticoat. CU Mrs Brusetti dressing doll (of Elizabeth Taylor). GV room and Mrs Brusetti walks in with doll & puts it on sideboard. CU Queen Victoria. MCU Princess Grace & Prince Rainier of Monaco. MCU Kennedy family. MS Mrs Brusetti.

Locations

London; Sydney; Australia; United Kingdom

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

97712

Credits:

Camera

Leslie Isaacs

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

158

Story extras:

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