Make Way for Summer

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1881
Date Released
21 Jun 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Make Way for Summer. DESCRIPTION: The Winter sporting centre of Val d’Isere in the French Alps - gives its name to the highest road in Europe. Nine thousand feet - it’s one of the last mountain passes to be opened up to the Summer traffic and they’re hard at work just now clearing the last of the snow, which lies up to thirty feet deep at the summit. SHOTLIST: MS signpost Val d’Isere. GV French Alps around Val d’Isere. GV pan road to summit being cleared of snow. LS snow clearing machine at work. GV ditto. MS ditto. CU machine at work. LS ditto. LS ditto. MLS ditto. Pan to snow falling at side of road.
Keywords
Weather; Transport
Locations
France
Footage sources
France
Card file number
89815
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Make Way for Summer', British Movietone News Issue No. 1881, 21 Jun 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26033 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)