Hundred Pennies - One Pound

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1981
Date Released
22 May 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hundred Pennies - One Pound. DESCRIPTION: With Britain Going Decimal in four years time, a London advertising agency sets up a Decimal Super-Market and the Chancellor of the Exchequer tries out the system for himself. SHOTLIST: MS Jim Callaghan exchanges conventional money for plastic discs representing new decimal coinage. CU sign Decimal Currency. CU decimal currency in till. CU decimal currency conversion table. CU decimal coins taken from till. MCU ditto. CU sign 4s.11d. or 24 1/2 NP. MS Jim Callaghan collects shopping. MS ditto. CU pan goods displayed on shelves. MS Jim Callaghan paying for goods at cash desk. CU till registering cost of goods. MS Jim Callaghan paying for goods. MS woman shopping in supermarket. Trucking shot past goods on shelves. MS woman picks up goods from shelves.
Keywords
Politics and government; Economics; Shops and shopping; Business and commerce
Locations
London; England
Card file number
92362
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
83
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Hundred Pennies - One Pound', British Movietone News Issue No. 1981, 22 May 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26895 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)