Bashing the Ivories

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1765A
Date Released
4 Apr 1963
Date Other
Mar 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bashing the Ivories. DESCRIPTION: Riot in New Jersey. Students from Rutgers University who look as though they’re repeating that Little Rock business. The keyboard is the key to the latest campus craze - piano wrecking, conducted by members of a Reduction Study Group. Every piece must be small enough to go through a hole less than eight inches across. It all started at the Derby College of Technology in England, so maybe it’s our fault. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS students from Rutgers University on back of car. MS students off car. Students with piano (2 shots). CU sign, students smash piano up (3 shots). GV crowds shouting, students smash piano up (2 shots). GV students on roof, students stick pieces of smashed piano through hole (2 shots). MS students cheering.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities
Locations
United States of America; New Jersey
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
86330
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
120
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Bashing the Ivories', British Movietone News Issue No. 1765A, 4 Apr 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25048 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)