Fuel and Power

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1131
Date Released
5 Feb 1951
Date submitted
1 Feb 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fuel and Power. DESCRIPTION: They’ve been queuing up for coke at the Birkenhead and Wallasey Gasworks - for coke, because of the coal shortage. An ingenious method of providing power - by Windmill generator has been in operation at one branch of a famous London restaurant company near Marble Arch. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Coke being shovelled into sack. At Birkenhead & Wallasey, people queuing for coke, being served, & paying cash at office. Prams etc. being used as transport. London, on top of Cumberland Hotel, various shots of windmills, including close-ups. MS instrument registering amperes. Elevated GV looking down Bayswater Road from top of hotel. MS (night) shop window lit up by power supplied from windmills.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture
Locations
London; Birkenhead; Wallasey
Card file number
54943
Credits:
Camera
Alec Tozer
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Fuel and Power', British Movietone News Issue No. 1131, 5 Feb 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16927 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)