Learning on ScreenNew Scenic Railway
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Scenic Railway - Colour. DESCRIPTION: An Italian Gravity Ride for the Battersea Fun-Fair. This is a new scenic railway specially designed to prevent a recurrence of last year’s disaster. SHOTLIST: GV new Cyclone Scenic Railway. SV name Cyclone. GV scenic railway. SV girl stepping into car for start of a run - car moves off, travel shot from car past sign Hold Tight. LV as car is pulled up by grab chain. CU grab chain revolving. SV ditto zoom back as car is pulled up slope. Tracking shot from car up slope. LV other cars going round the run. CU tracking shot looking at couple in car. 4 tracking shots, from car down slope & up other side. Couple in car, from car looking at line & approaching dip, couple’s expression as they go down dip. GV pan scenic railway in operation. Angle shot as car races down slope. 2 tracking shots. Down dip from car, couple in car. SV as car finishes run going over brakes. CU braking chain revolving, another car comes in after run and brakes. LV scenic railway. Angle shot car at top of dip. Tracking shot from car down dip & follow round track to finish, car slows down over breaking chain, SV 2 girls get out of car pan to front of car.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure
- Locations
- Battersea
- Card file number
- 99288
- Credits:
-
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 131
-
Film clip
• 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
- 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 121 times.
