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Variety Club - Gifts for Children

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2272
Date Released
18 Dec 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Variety Club - Gifts for Children
  2. 2Bunny Girls Gifts
  3. 3Penthouse Club Party
  4. 4Pedestrian Precinct
  5. 5Apollo 17
  6. 6Cathedral Climber

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Variety Club - Gifts for Children. DESCRIPTION: The Annual Christmas Lunch - climax to a campaign for 17,000 toys to be given to handicapped and deprived children. Home Secretary, Robert Carr as Guest of Honour. SHOTLIST: GV Savoy Hotel. SV interior gifts being unpacked. CU toys set out on table. CU card Merry Xmas. SV Robert Carr talking to Chief Barker Ben Rosenfield. SCU Guyana High Commissioner, Sir John Garter talking to Fred Pontin. SCU Frank Carson with Jimmy Edwards. SV Beefeater girl and comedians, Mike Reid & Charlie Williams with presents. SV ditto, 3 comedians dressed as Father Christmas. SV press photographers. SV Father Christmas, comedians and girls passing presents. SV Jack Goodlatte, Billy Butlin and Nat Cohen handing presents to Rolf Harris (in Santa Claus costume) and 2 Beefeater girls. SCU Carr in Father Christmas gear with Beefeater girls. SCU Rolf Harris with 2 girls pan down to presents.
Keywords
Celebrations and festivals; Social welfare
Locations
London; Savoy Hotel
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
98715A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:

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