Signs Multiply of Better Time Coming

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

123A

Date Released

15 Oct 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A State of General Election Exists
2. 2British Ladies Beat French in Golf Test
3. 3Fisher Girls Stage Strike at Yarmouth
4. 4Lord Lonsdale Sees Ring and Turf Clash
5. 5Signs Multiply of Better Time Coming

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Signs Multiply of Better Time Lancashire Mills and Mines Reopened. DESCRIPTION: Hope revives in industrial Lancashire, as mills and mines re-open and fires are stoked afresh. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Mill chimney smoking, shot of the knocker-up tapping at the windows. Close shot of womens’ clogged feet walking to work. Shots of chimney. Shots of workers going to the factory. Furnaces being stoked. Shot of piston working. Machinery at work. Girls on the looms. Men at work. Shot exterior of mine and wheel turning. CU wheel turning. Men go down in cage. Miner at work with drill. Full coal trucks underground. Factory chimney and football game in the foreground.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Industry and manufacture; Mining

Card file number

1466

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

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