Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: House That Joan Built

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
985A
Date Released
22 Apr 1948
Date submitted
19 Apr 1948
Date Other
Apr 1948
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trailer: the House That Joan Built - Save Paper. DESCRIPTION: Save Paper. SHOTLIST: GV interior shop a woman is seated by counter, Grocer (Terry Thomas) walks up and puts string of sausages around her neck. MS as woman flings sausages over shoulder like a scarf. GV grocer ticks list and goes off, returns with scoop of flour, removes woman’s hat, tips flour and replaces the hat, then reaches for an egg and ponders. CU woman opens her mouth and the egg is placed in. GV woman stands and walks out, grocer leans on counter. CU Terry Thomas says This kind of thing will really happen if you don’t save paper.
Local distribution only
Trailer
Keywords
Public information
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
50135
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: House That Joan Built', British Movietone News Issue No. 985A, 22 Apr 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15072 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)