Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer - Watch Your Meters

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
964A
Date Released
27 Nov 1947
Date submitted
25 Nov 1947
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trailer - Meter Reading. SHOTLIST: MS fully clothed man in bowler hat climbs into a bath half full of water. CU man smoking pipe, cigar and five cigarettes. MCU man sucks baby’s bottle and reads newspaper. GV many signs saying Watch your Meter hanging from ceiling. CU needle on record of gramophone. MCU mallet hits man on head then man leaps from chair and opens trap door in floor and leans in. CU electricity meter. CU man’s feet sticking out of trap door. CU graph. CU man turns down gas under saucepan. CU one bar of electric fire turned off. CU graph going down. GV man in bath as before. CU man smoking as before.
Local distribution only
Trailer
Keywords
Public information
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
49486
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer - Watch Your Meters', British Movietone News Issue No. 964A, 27 Nov 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14790 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)