Venus Fly Trap

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2360

Date Released

26 Aug 1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gifts Fair
2. 2High Tide
3. 3Water Pollution
4. 4Harvest Time
5. 5Venus Fly Trap

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Venus Fly Trap. DESCRIPTION: Plant feeding time at Terence Lumley’s Home and Garden shop where the carnivorous plants grow well on prime steak. SHOTLIST: GV Lumley of Brighton ‘HOME & GARDEN’ shop. SV man shows lady the Venus Fly Trap. CU plant in man’s hand, pan to woman’s face. CU sign ‘DANGER FLESH EATING PLANT’ man cuts meat. CU man cuts meat. SV man wearing chef’s hat. LV meat, man picks up small piece of meat with tweezers at 57’ he drops meat into plant’s trap. CU man picks meat up with tweezers. CU the trap of the plant shuts on meat. CU axe hangs on sign ‘FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY’. CU tweezers picking up meat. CU trap of plant closes on meat at 93’, tweezers feed another plant trap. CU trap closing on a fly.

Keywords

Curiosities; Shops and shopping; Horticulture

Locations

Brighton

Card file number

74/124

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Stan Goozee

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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