News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

51A

Date Released

29 May 1930

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Sir Henry Segrave Operates and Describes His Scale Model Railway
• 2. Ashes Come Back to Our Alley
• 3. Lloyd’s Tablet Presented to RMSP "Arlanza"
• 4. First Sound Pictures (Exclusive) of the Jungle. Movietone Films the Trapping of a Man-Eating Tiger

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ashes Come Back to Our Alley. DESCRIPTION: Cricket is an eventful game in our nursery of local talent. SHOTLIST: Bunch of alley kids with bat. They play in the street. Woman pushes child away from game. Ball hits window and man appears at same. The children run away. Bunch of urchins and one speaks. They lift a dustbin lid and a child pops up.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Children; Curiosities; Social conditions

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

710

Length of story (in feet)

59

Story extras:

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