Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Basic Petrol Ration Protests

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
959A
Date Released
23 Oct 1947
Date submitted
21 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Basic Petrol Ration Protest. DESCRIPTION: Motorists gathered in Coventry recently to protest about the abolition of the basic petrol ration. SHOTLIST: MS car with slogan above car. Several shots of cars with slogans on and above cars. GV Coventry by-pass shows hundreds of cars in single file starting off; passing through city of Coventry, cars, motor cycles etc. Pan of crowd being addressed by Sir Miles Thomas. SCU Sir Miles Thomas addressing the people.
Keywords
Demonstrations
Locations
Coventry; Warwickshire
Card file number
49334
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Basic Petrol Ration Protests', British Movietone News Issue No. 959A, 23 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14735 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)