News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1337A

Date Released

20 Jan 1955

Date submitted

18 Jan 1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Maritime News
• 2. Maritime News
• 3. Mr Hammarskjold Reports
• 4. Headline Briefs - Costa Rica
• 5. Headline Briefs - USA
• 6. Headline Briefs - West Germany
• 7. Headline Briefs - Italy
• 8. The Sporting Scene - Sailing
• 9. The Sporting Scene - Water Skiing
• 10. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• 11. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• 12. It’s Fun While It Lasts
• *The Scottish Scene
• *The Scottish Scene

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Robert Burns Festival. DESCRIPTION: Burns Festival. SHOTLIST: KS Burns monument. Shots of the Brig O’Doone. Alloway Church. The house where Burns was born. CU the notice on the wall and a final shot of the monument. Tam O’Shanter Inn, Burns’ place of birth, Old Brig of Ayr, Ayr Street, Wallace Tower. Also Scottish Ice-skating scenes.

Local distribution only

For Scotland only instead of items 10-12

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Locations

Scotland; Ayr

Card file number

62684

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

57

Story extras:

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