Just Add Water!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1920
Date Released
21 Mar 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Just Add Water!. DESCRIPTION: For ten, thirty year old cottages at Carshalton in Surrey the Greater London Council is providing instant bathrooms which are lowered into position by crane. The whole idea is to install them with the minimum disturbance to the tenants. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV crane lifting bathroom unit off lorry. MS rear of houses where bathrooms to be installed. MS doorway in brickwork where bathroom unit to be fixed. GV crane lifting bathroom unit. MS crane driver. LAS bathroom unit lifted over house. MS man directing bathroom unit with rope. LAS bathroom over house. MS people watching. LAS bathroom lowered at rear of house. MS people watching. LS bathroom lowered into position. MS ditto. MCU ditto. MLS housewives watching. MS bathroom lowered onto foundations brackets. LS ditto. MS bathroom in position. MS door opening onto WC. CU hand basin, pan to bath. MCU pan bath.
Keywords
Curiosities; Domestic life
Locations
Surrey; Carshalton
Card file number
90905
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Just Add Water!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1920, 21 Mar 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26369 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)