Thanks for the Buggy Ride (New Style)
Series
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: "What’s better than a new-fashioned buggy ride..." L/S of a city street (probably United States of America). Amongst the cars is a buggy drawn by an ostrich. The ostrich buggy approaches and passes the camera. The ostrich doesn’t look too happy. Various shots of the ostrich buggy moving through crowded streets. M/S of the buggy at the side of the road. The driver puts a bag over the ostrich’s head. "Unfortunately Billie’s speed attracted the Police - " M/S of the buggy travelling at speed. A policeman on a motorbike drives alongside and pulls the driver over. The bag is put on the ostrich’s head again and the policeman takes down the driver’s details. "-who says fine feathers don’t help fine birds." The driver gives the policeman some ostrich feathers. The policeman appears to take back the speeding ticket! The driver plucks some more feathers out for the policeman.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Curiosities; Birds
- Written sources
- British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP270
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