Waifs and Strays Have Happy Christmas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

186

Date Released

26 Dec 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1German Locomotive Claims New Record
2. 2Mr Bennett Extols British Courage
3. 3Kaye Don Stunts in Winged Motor-Bike
4. 4Paul Boncour Heads New French Cabinet
5. 5Waifs and Strays Have Happy Christmas
6. 6Winter Sports Get Move on in Canada

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Waifs and Strays Have Happy Xmas. DESCRIPTION: Visit of Santa Claus forms climax to party at Babies Home of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. SHOTLIST: Nurses with the children. Toddlers leave doorway and one slips up. They play ring-a-ring of roses round the Christmas tree. Small children ballroom dancing around. The children are put to bed in cots. They start a pillow fight after the nurse has gone and climb from the cots. Father Christmas fills the pillowcases at bottom of the cots and looks over cot at sleeping child. The children take toys from same.

Keywords

Music and dance; Health and medicine; Social conditions; Celebrations and festivals; Fashion and costume

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2172

Length of story (in feet)

142

Story extras:

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