Christmas

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

393A

Date Released

17 Dec 1936

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reports: Fog over England
2. 2Reports: With gales and floods to follow
3. 3Reports: RAF plane crashes due to fog
4. 4Reports: Railway coach blown off line in New Zealand
5. 5Reports: Chief Scout in France
6. 6Reports: President Roosevelt in South America
7. 7The King
8. 8Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Khartoum Race season opens
9. 9Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Long Distance cyclist
10. 10Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Australian Boy Marksman
11. 11Candour: Checked up by Brian Saveall
12. 12Christmas

Story

Story No. within this Issue

12 / 12

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spending Season Is Now in Full Swing. Sign of Happy Christmas. DESCRIPTION: Spending season now in full swing is sign of Happy Christmas. SHOTLIST: Oxford Street scenes. People looking in shop windows. Kerb sellers. Shot of the ground and the toys on same. Feet of passers by in the picture. CU of turkeys. Mass of turkeys. Mass of ducks. Snow covered Christmas Trees. Christmas trees being cut. Shots in the post office. Shots of sorting. Parcels come down ‘chute. Parcels and letters sorted. Telegram department and telephone exchange. CU of telegram from Movietone to patrons.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Weather; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Horticulture; Communications; Celebrations and festivals; Postal services; Animals

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4970

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

91

Story extras:

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