Lagos Vacation

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1158
Date Released
13 Aug 1951
Date Other
Jul 1951
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lagos - Vacation. DESCRIPTION: Packing up your things at the end of term is always exciting, but when your people live in Nigeria and going home involves flying thousands of miles in a BOAC Hermes - it’s more thrilling than ever. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Peter & Janet Ealey take books out of desk. Dover - Shots of them packing their case. Saying (silent) goodbye to their school friends. London Airport - Peter & Janet directed to plane by Air stewardess, boarding plane. Plane (Hermes) taxies. Inside plane in flight. Kids looks out of window. Aerial of Kano, Nigeria. Signpost, two shots. Market scenes at Kano. Inside plane, kids eating. Aerial of Lagos Market, various scenes inside Lagos market. Hermes taxies into camera, kids alight run to their mother & father.
Keywords
Education and training; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Children; Environment; Aviation; Business and commerce
Card file number
55851
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
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'Lagos Vacation', British Movietone News Issue No. 1158, 13 Aug 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17305 (Accessed 20 May 2025)