Make the Best of It

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1752
Date Released
31 Dec 1962
Date submitted
27 Dec 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Make the Best of It. DESCRIPTION: Snow brought fun for some people and one way they enjoyed it was to ski on Hampstead Heath. It also brought chaos to flight schedules at the airports. The snow certainly solved London’s traffic problem. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS man down slope on sleigh. MS boy down on dustbin lid. MS sleighs down slope, girl down slope - falls off. MS boy on skis. CU dog. MS man knocks snow from trees. MS London Airport. MS cars in snow. CU back wheel stuck in snow. MS man pushes car out of snow, parking meters (2 shots). Eros (Piccadilly Circus) (2 shots). GV park covered with snow (St James’s Park). MS women throwing snowballs. MS old lady feeding ducks. MS ducks. MS lady feeding birds.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
Hampstead Heath; London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
85724
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Camera
Jim Godfrey
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Make the Best of It', British Movietone News Issue No. 1752, 31 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24937 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)