Jenkins Tells All

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2024A
Date Released
21 Mar 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jenkins Tells All. DESCRIPTION: Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins presents the most vital budget for years. As we recoil from the effects, Movietone invites you to consider the fortunate few who live in the Channel Islands where Taxation is little more than a token formality. SHOTLIST: CU stamps being stuck onto envelopes. CU telephone receiver picked up. CU gas stove lit. MCU saucepan put onto gas stove. GV buses pass. MS trains pass at speed. MS Mr Jenkins sitting at desk. MS roulette wheel spun. CU bets placed on roulette table. MS women past with children in push chairs. MCU television on sale in shop. CU washing machine on sale. CU exterior Post Office. CU money handed across counter in post office. CU man drinking glass of beer. CU bottles of whisky on sale. CU cigarette put out in ash tray. CU road tax disc on car windscreen. CU accelerator control turned on motor-bike. MLS car being filled with petrol at garage. CU dials on petrol pump. GV plane lands at Jersey Airport. LS sign on building Jersey Airport. GV town of St. Helier in Jersey. MS car being filled with petrol in garage. CU price sign on petrol pump 3/5_. CU petrol gauges on pump. CU car being filled with petrol. CU pan as dials read four gallons. GV cars on sale on garage. MS Morris 1100 on sale for £590. GV interior supermarket on St. Helier. CU along meat counter. MS man walks into wine dept. in supermarket & picks up bottle of B/W whisky. CU price 28/6 on bottle. CU cigarettes on sale in supermarket. MS women takes packet of 200 cigarettes off shelf. CU price 24/2d on packet of 200 cigs. GV exterior estate agents office in St. Helier. MLS women walking in garden of bungalow. GV house in Jersey.
Keywords
Gambling; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Economics; Aviation; Domestic life; Transport; Communications; Postal services; Road transport
Locations
England; Jersey
Footage sources
Library
Pathe
Card file number
93336
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
254
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Jenkins Tells All', British Movietone News Issue No. 2024A, 21 Mar 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27303 (Accessed 21 Jun 2025)