Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Easter 1948 - The No-Basic Holiday

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
982A
Date Released
1 Apr 1948
Date submitted
29 Mar 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Easter 1948 - the No-Basic Holiday. DESCRIPTION: The spell of fine weather drew the Easter crowds to the seaside, but lack of petrol meant some roads were deserted. SHOTLIST: KS Elevated Brighton seafront. Ditto with pier in background. MS crowds walk along seafront. GV crowds on beach. MS line of sunbathers on beach. Couple sunbathing on beach. MS swimmers entering water. GV swimming and sun playing on water. Gag shots - children in rubber dinghy, using paddles, Paul Wyand levering dinghy up and down. Reg Sutton throws water over dinghy. Elevated shot empty main Portsmouth Road, deserted of cars. MS of same. Elevated shot of same. Cyclists along road, no cars at all. Tricycle (with baby carriage attached), along deserted road. Parents and children, also their dog pull car by ropes attached, pan to back of car where Paul Wyand is laying on luggage rack to finish.
Keywords
Weather
Card file number
50023
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Easter 1948 - The No-Basic Holiday', British Movietone News Issue No. 982A, 1 Apr 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15029 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)