Strange Friendships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1455
Date Released
22 Apr 1957
Date submitted
15 Apr 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strange Friendships. DESCRIPTION: At a circus in Russia - a girl took a grown-up tiger to the zoo to see the wild animals. Meanwhile, on a chicken farm near Berlin a cat mothers a basket full of chicks. SHOTLIST: Tiger comes out of door, with woman looking over fence. Tiger looking around and growling. SCU of tiger. Gets into car with little girl and drives away. Car in motion with tiger looking out at back window. Cat in basket with chickens. Lamb. Lamb looking at chickens. Lamb encompassed by chickens. Cockerel (the dictator) arriving on the scene.
Keywords
Animals
Locations
Germany; Russia
Footage sources
Germany
Soviet Film
Card file number
70394
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Strange Friendships', British Movietone News Issue No. 1455, 22 Apr 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21630 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)