Over the Sea to Shop
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Over the Sea to Shop. DESCRIPTION: All these ladies are about to leave Southend on a flight to Calais, to do their Christmas shopping on the other side of the Channel. It costs a bit extra to fly to France! But women are bargain-hunters by nature, and it seems that the word has gone round that there are bargains in Calais! These pictures show what you can buy there. SHOTLIST: BS women look at money (key). MS group walk to aircraft. BS group board aircraft. CU woman looks out of window. Same. GV through pilot’s window. GV coast of France. MS women get out of plane. Same. MS policeman directs women. MS women cross road. MS women look in shop window. CU sign ‘English’ spoken CU sign ‘Chemist’. CU sign ‘Parfume’. CU advertisement for plum pudding. MS women talking. CU sales girl. MS women by Christmas tree. Same. MS women look at money. GV shop counter. MS women look at bottle. MS woman tries earring. MS women tries perfume. Slip pan to women get off plane.
- Keywords
- Women; Aviation; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce; Police
- Locations
- France; Calais; Southend-on-Sea; England
- Card file number
- 75812
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Camera
- Len Waldorf
- Length of story (in feet)
- 92
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How to cite this record
'Over the Sea to Shop', British Movietone News Issue No. 1542, 22 Dec 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22762 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)