Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Precious Potatoes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
992A
Date Released
10 Jun 1948
Date submitted
7 Jun 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trailer - Precious Potatoes. SHOTLIST: MS two village cricket captains toss coin. GV bowler (Cardew Robinson) towards camera bowls. GV batsman hit on arm and falls over onto his wicket. CU umpire with pile of caps on his head raises his finger. MS bowler laughing spits on each of his hands. MS next batsman wearing dustbin lid as protection. MS bowler up and bowls. MS batsman hits out. CU umpire with hand shades his eyes. CU ball landing in a row of potatoes. CU man bends down picks up potato and rubs it on his trousers. GV field with people harvesting potatoes. MS four women putting potatoes in baskets. MS men and women eating at a table are joined by another man. GV harvesting potatoes.
Local distribution only
Trailer for England and Wales only
Keywords
Food and cooking; Public information
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
50339
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Trailer: Precious Potatoes', British Movietone News Issue No. 992A, 10 Jun 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15148 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)