News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1899A

Date Released

28 Oct 1965

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. London Air Tragedy
• 2. The Young Idea
• 3. On the Right Lines
• 4. Biting the Dust - To Order
• 5. M B Eatles

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Biting the Dust - to Order. DESCRIPTION: Pictures from East Germany shot during the production of a Western, show how a Director manages to get horses to fall when wanted, without hurting the animals in any way. SHOTLIST: MS horsemen. MCU Indian fires his rifle. MS man’s horse falls from under him. MS man places stakes in ground. CU ditto. CU man ties cord to stakes. MCU man plays out cord to the run of the horse. CU man places ring under the horse. CU man places fixing on the horse’s hoof. CU man ties cord onto the ring. CU ditto. CU man fixes cord onto the horse’s leg. MS cameraman looks through view finder. MCU director. MS man comes toward camera and his horse falls. CU Indian takes a photograph. MS pan horse falls. MS cameraman. MS horse gets up from the ground.

Keywords

Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Stunts; Animals

Locations

East Germany

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

90354

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

110

Story extras:

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