Record-Breaking Baby!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1757A
Date Released
7 Feb 1963
Date submitted
Jan 1963
Date submitted
30 Jan 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Record-Breaking Baby!. DESCRIPTION: Australia’s Mother of the Moment, Mrs Mary Lyttle has just set an Australian heavy weight record, producing a baby boy weighing sixteen pounds, five ounces at birth. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Mrs Mary Lyttle in bed (2 shots). MS baby Stephen in cot. CU same. GV home of the Lyttle family. MCU Mr Lyttle and 14-month-old Desmond. CU baby Stephen in cot. MS Mr Lyttle kisses his wife. CU baby Stephen in cot. (The baby scaled 16 lbs 5 oz at birth).
Keywords
Children; Records
Locations
Australia; Kempsey Hospital
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
85971
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:

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'Record-Breaking Baby!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1757A, 7 Feb 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24982 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)