News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1606A

Date Released

17 Mar 1960

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Guards’ Point-To-Point
• 2. Long Walk Ends
• 3. Easter Bonnets
• 4. Venus Probe
• 5. Lifeline
• 6. Boat Race Training
• 7. Dancing Champions
• 8. The Romans Are Here
• *Villa V Preston Ne
• *The Prince in Cardiff

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lifeline. DESCRIPTION: A first-class idea for getting the kids safely to school and back, is a lifeline. Just hitch ‘em on! There are about 40 toddlers attending the station-run kindergarten at an RAF Canberra station in Huntingdonshire, and the lifeline means safety. SHOTLIST: GV RAF station. CU ‘RAF Upwood’. TS children. CU children being tied to rope. CU same. LS children walking. MS same (3). TS same. BS same. CU same. MS children run to their mother. MS same. MS children with father. LS same.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Safety devices

Locations

England

Card file number

79613

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

56

Story extras:

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