The Pink Zone

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1591A
Date Released
3 Dec 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pink Zone. DESCRIPTION: To deal with London’s traffic problems, the new Minister of Transport, Mr Marples, makes the experiment of the pink zone for December and part of January. The parking regulations are to be strictly enforced, but special parking places, outside the pink zone, are provided. That’s the idea, for the time being, and certainly first reports were satisfactory. SHOTLIST: MS traffic (3). TS same. CU same. GV same (3). Pan same. MS same. (2). LS car moving down road. MS taxi. LS cars parked in street. MS same (2). MCU cars parked. LS lorry being loaded. MS vehicles on pavement. CU same. GV cars parked. Pan - man walking in street. LS car moving down street. LS lorry in narrow street. Pan - lorry. (2). MS ‘No Waiting’ sign (3). MS sign ‘Christmas Car Park’. Pan - car entering car park. GV traffic. Pan - man on bus. GV traffic (4).
Keywords
Politics and government; Road transport; Crime
Locations
London; England
Card file number
78729
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
John Davies
Camera
Len Waldorf
Camera
Michael Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
146
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Pink Zone', British Movietone News Issue No. 1591A, 3 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23349 (Accessed 16 Jul 2025)