Weighty Subjects

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1499A
Date Released
27 Feb 1958
Date submitted
25 Feb 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pantagrulic Supper. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, a club which gathers people weighing more than fifteen stone. They meet for a big tuck-in! SHOTLIST: MS fat people arriving. CU serviettes being tucked in. MS same. MS pig brought in for eating. CU same. Pig laid on table. Chef cutting pig. CU same. CU man eating. CU man drinking. CU sad man eating roll.
Keywords
Organisations; Food and cooking; Curiosities
Locations
France; Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
72928
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Weighty Subjects', British Movietone News Issue No. 1499A, 27 Feb 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22245 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)