News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1088A

Date Released

13 Apr 1950

Date submitted

Apr 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Trailer: Lord Mayor’s Thanksgiving Fund
• 1. A Large Crowd Watched Dominicks Bar Wins the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse
• 2. Royal Charter for Nairobi
• 2. Irish Movietone: Dublin’s Easter Parade
• 3. Paris Police Battle Communists
• 4. London’s Easter Parade
• 5. Easter - How Did You Like It?
• 6. His Holiday Awheel
• *Raich Carter Coaches Young Players at Hull City
• *US Sailors Entertain Glasgow Orphans

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lord Mayor’s Thanksgiving Fund. SHOTLIST: CU Wilfred Pickles sitting in front of BBC microphone. Dissolve to shots of docks with food parcels being unloaded. MS Mayor handing out packages to old people (x2). 3 shots food parcels being handed out in Scotland. CU Wilfred Pickles appeals for donations for the Lord Mayor’s Thanksgiving Fund.

Local distribution only

Trailer

Keywords

Fundraising

Card file number

53555

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

83

Story extras:

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