Suicide Bid Foiled

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1373A
Date Released
29 Sep 1955
Date submitted
26 Sep 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Suicide Rescue. DESCRIPTION: Having been swindled out of a lot of money (and in danger of losing his wife on that account) a man named Harding recently dramatised his despair on the ledge of an eleventh floor window in New York. SHOTLIST: SCU man on eleventh floor window ledge. CU fireman and policemen in street. CU looking through net upwards. SCU man looking upwards from window lower down. CU Harding’s hat caught by net. CU man about to jump struggling with would-be rescuers. SCU fireman coming down on rope landing on Harding and pushing him back into window.
Locations
New York; United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
64659
Credits:
Commentator
John McLaren
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Suicide Bid Foiled', British Movietone News Issue No. 1373A, 29 Sep 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20393 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)