Bonsai Trees

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2452

Date Released

30 May 1976

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blossom Route
2. 2Bonsai Trees
3. 3Spalding Bulb Festival
4. 4Chelsea Flower Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bonsai Trees. DESCRIPTION: Bonsai is the art of dwarfing trees and to the Japanese it can be like making a ‘Tree Sculpture’. SHOTLIST: GV life size pine trees in Tokyo’s business district, with building in the b/g. MS ditto. MCU Pine Bonsai growing round a rock. CU ditto. MS Aronia Bonsai. MS large collection of Bonsai, being watered. MCU man watering Bonsai. Pan to see trees. MCU Mr Kato trimming the dead leaves of a Bonsai. CU ditto. MCU Goldenball Bonsai (Forsythia). MS Mr Nakamura in a corridor of his house cleaning a miniature Bonsai. MCU ditto. CU Japanese Quince Bonsai. CU five tiny Bonsai in the palm of a man’s hand. CU Mr Nakamura pruning a miniature Bonsai. MS row of miniature Bonsai on wooden shelves. MS man watering the Bonsai tree. MCU ditto. GV exhibition of Mr Nakamura’s work in a department store. MCU two Japanese women looking at Bonsai. MCU one of the Bonsai in exhibition. MS people looking. Pan down to Bonsai. MCU two Bonsai in exhibition. MCU more Bonsai in exhibition.

Keywords

Horticulture; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

Japan

Footage sources

Japan

Card file number

76/75

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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