A Big Bed

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1545A
Date Released
15 Jan 1959
Date submitted
13 Jan 1959
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Fabulous Bed. DESCRIPTION: These pictures show a mink covered push button bed, designed to set a new level in luxury. It is installed with a tea-maker, a television and a tape recorder and costs well over 2,000. SHOTLIST: Curtain opens revealing bed (key). LS woman walks towards bed. Closer same gets under the bed clothes (including a mink cover). CU woman handles a push button gadget. Another angle pillow rises to a head rest. Same. angle pulls out a tea maker. Closer shot - making tea. Another angle - presses button to operate television set at foot of bed. Another angle - woman runs hand over mink. SCU tape recorder. Ground shot - woman asleep in bed - foot of bed rises.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Domestic life; Inventions and discoveries
Locations
London; England
Card file number
76046
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Big Bed', British Movietone News Issue No. 1545A, 15 Jan 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22807 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)