Pets Party

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1437A
Date Released
20 Dec 1956
Date Other
Dec 1956
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pets Party. DESCRIPTION: A Christmas Party at the Ilford Sanatorium of the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, with cakes made of liver and fish, treacle, bran hay and carrots. At Olympia a record entry of 4,000 cats at the National Cats Clubs Jubilee show. In the Paris flat of a circus director, one month old lion cubs have a foster-mother to take care of them, after having been separated from their mother. SHOTLIST: PDSA - Ilford Sanatorium - Father Christmas cutting cake. Standing next to him is two horses. Horse eating cake. Dog eating cake. Horse eating cake. Goat eating cake. St Bernard dog eating cake. Slip pan to Olympia - National Cat Clubs Diamond Jubilee Show - CU Siamese cats. Persian cats etc. Slip pan to Paris - Various shots of lion cubs playing. Playing with foster mother which is a dog.
Keywords
Animals; Exhibitions and shows
Footage sources
France
Card file number
69192
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Terry O’Brien
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
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'Pets Party', British Movietone News Issue No. 1437A, 20 Dec 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21382 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)