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British International Toy Fair

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2386
Date Released
23 Feb 1975
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Future of the Piers
  2. 2Amusement Trade Fair
  3. 3British International Toy Fair
  4. 4Firepower Demonstration

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Toy Fair. DESCRIPTION: Toys are big business, both in this country and as exports, and to keep their customers happy the Toy Trade has to find new and different ideas. Some of the new novelties for next Christmas go on display. SHOTLIST: CU hand firing James Bond 007 gun (cap gun). GV Evel Knievel toy being wound up (supercar type of thing). LV pan as car is released from stand and shoots up runway. SV zoom back as Evel Knievel on a bike is wound up on stand, it is released and flips up over a ramp and out of a curtained door at the end. Pull focus zoom back to toy crown. SV pan toy crown jewels, Beefeater guard comes into view, zoom in. SV table top Beefeater models. SV toy guards. CU toy Beefeater. CU Union Jack pan to teddy holding it. CU ‘Planet of the Apes’ mask zoom back. SV ‘Planet of the Apes’ ape on horse (horse is motorised). CU clockwork ape. CU doll, pull focus to another pan Artmaster national costume dolls. CU zoom back Pelam Puppets. CU puppet horse. SV ditto by two others. CU Womble puppets zoom in. SV pan down talking Wombles. SV talking bus and police car, button is pushed on top of police car. CU police car pan to bus. SV bus & car, button is pushed on bus. CU bus. CU record spinning on turntable, zoom back to show it on top of toy television. CU picture on TV changing with story on record. CU picture made by Swing & Graph zoom back to show swing on graph in action. CU Swing & Graph in action. SV pan train on track. CU pan modern train passes, old trains which move off. CU pan zoom back old train pushing trucks. CU rotor blades of toy helicopter zoom back as copter takes off. GV copter flying round pole zoom in. GV copter carrying 105mm howitzer.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Brighton
Card file number
75/45
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
230
Story extras:

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