Stately Safari

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1922A
Date Released
7 Apr 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stately Safari. DESCRIPTION: Longleat, Stately Home of the Marquess of Bath, has been transformed into an Africa-like National Park, complete with forty eight free roaming lions. But the enterprising Marquess has had the forethought to supply fifteen guards, whom he calls White Hunters, as a precaution for the public. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Longleat Mansion. LS park vehicles entering park. MS guards at gateway. Tracking shot past lions in park. GV vehicles inside park. MS lions. LS Lord Bath inside park. MLS lions. MS man throwing meat to lions. MS lions pick up meat. MS another lion picks up meat. MS lion eating meat. LS man throwing meat to lion. MLS ditto. MS lion. MLS pan ditto. MS lion eating meat. MS ditto. MS lions.
Keywords
Children; Aristocracy; Animals
Locations
Longleat
Card file number
90975
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Stately Safari', British Movietone News Issue No. 1922A, 7 Apr 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26391 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)