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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1806

Date Released

13 Jan 1964

Date submitted

2 Jan 1964

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Big Ship - Big Job
• 2. Home is a Henhouse
• 3. Know What You Like?
• 4. The Army Blows a New Sound

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Home Is a Henhouse. DESCRIPTION: For the past thirty years Marcella and Ella Finnegan have lived in a hen-house near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. The health authorities have been trying to move the sisters for some time to an old folks home, and at last they have succeeded. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV exterior hen house. MLS same. CU window and pan across another. MS two old ladies Marcella and Ella Finnegan in bed. CU Marcella in bed. CU Ella in bed. GV pan interior hen house. CU Marcella in bed. MCU interviewer and Marcella. CU bucket on table (start SOF). MCU pan various oddments clothing etc. GV pan clothing to wooden box. CU unwashed dishes etc. GV stove. CU kitchen utensils on table. CU Ella in bed (end SOF). MS pan Womens Voluntary Service officer arrives. CU Marcella. MS WVS officer enters house. GV saucepan on table. MS WVS officer feeding Marcella. MCU the 2 old ladies drink from cups. MCU Ella. MS officer feeding Ella. CU same. GV exterior hen house.

Keywords

Curiosities; Older people; Local government

Locations

Hertfordshire; Hemel Hempstead

Card file number

87739

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

168

Story extras:

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