Beds into Bonfires!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1952A
Date Released
3 Nov 1966
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Beds Into Bonfires!. DESCRIPTION: The Duke of Bedford helps the Furniture and Bedding Manufacturers to promote their slogan Old Furniture Must Go. Prizes for the most original transport inspire hundreds of people to compete. By balloon, bicycle, lawn mower, camel, chariot and parachute, the old lumber rolls up to turn Woburn Abbey into a Stately Junk Shop. And anticipates Guy Fawkes Day with a Gigantic Bonfire. SHOTLIST: GV Woburn Abbey with balloon flying over. LAS balloon landing. GV ditto. LS ditto. LS balloon on ground. Pan up man arrives on bicycle holding chair suspended by balloon. MLS men, paddling bedstead on river. MS Duke and Duchess of Bedford judging. MS girl on bed with sign Caution slow down. Pan up to Duke and Duchess. MS chariot made of armchair arrives pulled by the men. BS ditto. MS pan horse drawn chariot arrives with sign Old Furniture Must Go. MS man arrives on lawn mower carrying chair. MS man arrives on Penny Farthing carrying basket on head. CU basket. MS camel carrying old chair arrives from North Cheam Youth Centre. CU camel. MS Mr Brian Dunlop arrives pushing antique seed drill and Victorian table. CU Duke and Duchess judging. MS Leighton Buzzard schoolboys arrive dressed as ancient Britons, pushing desks on wooden rollers. BS ditto. MS boys assemble sideboard. MCU ditto. MS people look at old furniture. MS ditto. CU mirror on sideboard. MS chefs carve up roast venison. MCU ditto. MCU ditto. MS Duke sets fire to bonfire. MLS more old furniture put onto fire. MS Duke watching fire. MLS fire burning. MLS furniture put onto fire. MLS ditto. LS fire burning. GV ditto.
Keywords
Aristocracy; Competitions
Locations
England; Bedford
Card file number
91734
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
221
Story extras:
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'Beds into Bonfires!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1952A, 3 Nov 1966. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26650 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)