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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1731

Date Released

6 Aug 1962

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Camera-Call for Cubs
• 2. Officers of Tomorrow
• 3. Magic Menu
• 4. Old and New Afloat

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Magic Menu. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show meal-time during a Magicians’ convention in Italy. It discloses how to put the sharpest possible edge to your appetite! SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS magician eating razor blades - people sitting round watching. MS magician cutting paper with blades then holds the blade between his teeth and then eats it. MS magician gets some thread and puts it in his mouth. MCU magician pulls thread out of his mouth and the razor blades are attached to the thread. Various shots of him pulling the thread out - audience clapping. MS Chinese man eating cotton wool he then blows out a puff of smoke. MS he eats some more and then pulls out a thread of wool. Various shots of him wrapping the wool round his hands very quickly. MCU Chinese man with loads of wool.

Keywords

Conferences

Locations

Italy

Footage sources

Shipment

Card file number

84840A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

107

Story extras:

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