World Wide News Items: Finding a Needle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1187A
Date Released
6 Mar 1952
Date submitted
4 Mar 1952
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Section Title
World Wide News Items
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Wide News Items - Find the Needle. DESCRIPTION: There was a wild rush to search for a needle in a haystack on a bomb site near St Paul’s, it was found by Nurse Rhoda Selby of Bart’s and the prize of a sewing machine was handed to her by actress Dorothy Dickson. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Women cutting string holding haystack together. Crowds rush & start to search among the haystack, various shots of them being covered with hay etc. Women with needle in hand, almost covered in hay. Sewing machine presented to her, her name Nurse Rhoda Selby.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Curiosities; Competitions; Performing arts
Locations
St Paul’s Cathedral
Card file number
56852
Credits:
Camera
George Richardson
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
56
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