The Ideal Home Exhibition

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2598

Date Released

18 Mar 1979

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Ideal Home Exhibition
2. 2The Grand Prix

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ideal Home Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: This year the Ideal Home Exhibition changed venues from Olympia to Earls Court and on Preview Day HRH Princess Anne toured the Exhibition. Mrs Margaret Thatcher also had a preview of the show and took particular interest in the GLC Renovated House. SHOTLIST: MS flowers tilt up to house. MS another house. Various Princess Anne at show. MS modern sofa pan to Princess looking on. CU Princess Anne talking. MS Perring stand - round sofa which converts to round bed. MCU ditto. MS pan Princess into bathroom tilt down to man showing her a toilet - like a cabinet - man opens square lid. MCU ditto. MCU pan from bath to Princess. GV ‘Favis - Debenham House’. MCU television star Hannah Gordon opening same. MS Hannah Gordon cuts ribbon to house. MS study of Davis Debenham house. MS main bedroom ditto - woman making water bed. MCU ditto. MS woman presses control to open curtains. GV GLC house. MS Mrs Margaret Thatcher with couple who have bought 50000th GLC modernised house. MS press. MS Mrs Thatcher with 2 children of who bought house. CU Mrs Thatcher. MS interior kitchen of GLC house before modernisation. MS kettle on gas stove pan to sink. MS interior lounge to kitchen of modernised house. MS pan from old bedroom to new. MCU sign ‘Pinelog Chalet Pool size 22’ x 22’ complete with 20’ x 10’ pool approx price £7,500 erected pan to people entering. MS pool tilt up to couple with saleswoman. GV interior exhibition. Lady Rothermere seen??

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Domestic life; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; Earls Court

Card file number

79/32

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

239

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