Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Shopping in Singapore
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Section Title
- Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shopping in Singapore. DESCRIPTION: Singapore looks much as it did in pre-war days and the shops are full of luxury goods. There are no shortages but the draw back is that prices are so high practically nobody can afford to buy. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of Singapore. Various street scenes, markets etc. Chinese children eat in streets using chop sticks. English ATS ride through streets in rickshaw. GV shop windows, two ATS girls look at lengths of cloth, shoes, bananas, silks, neon sign, "Atomic silks" in window, girls look at handbags etc. Chinaman paints lanterns.
- Keywords
- Shops and shopping
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
- Card file number
- 46360
- Credits:
-
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 71
-
Film clip
• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- AP Archive
- info@aparchive.com
- Web
- http://www.movietone.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)20 7482 7482
- Series held
- View all series held by AP Archive
How to cite this record
'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Shopping in Singapore', British Movietone News Issue No. 866A, 10 Jan 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13686 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)