Cosh Calls Cops

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1568
Date Released
22 Jun 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cosh Calls Cops. DESCRIPTION: A shop-full of valuable goods is a natural magnet for the criminal, and, with crime on the increase, new methods to beat the burglar must be devised. These pictures show one: here is what appears to be an ordinary truncheon for self-defence. But it is far more than that, it is a self-contained burglar alarm. When the watchman presses a button on this truncheon, a warning signal is given by means of a small radio transmitter inside. This signal is received in the control room of the firm that operates this new system. Its origin is checked and nine nine nine informs the police. SHOTLIST: MS Burglar alarm (key). MS window of jewellers shop. CU same. Closer same. MS same. MS watchman with truncheon patrols shop. Closer low angle same. SS same. Slip pan CU truncheon showing mechanism. Slip pan CU pan - watchman patrolling. MS same. Low angle - BS same. Longer shot same walks down staircase. SS same is attacked by burglar. CU same during fight, button is pressed on truncheon. Slip pan. MS employees at control desk at HQ. CU buzzer lights up. CU dialling ‘999’. Police cars draw up. FS same - police step out.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Weapons; Business and commerce; Communications; Crime
Locations
London; England
Card file number
77109
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cosh Calls Cops', British Movietone News Issue No. 1568, 22 Jun 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23081 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)