News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2032

Date Released

13 May 1968

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Great Air Race
• 2. On Show at Windsor
• 3. Around Aussie
• 4. Chateau Africain

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chateau Africain. DESCRIPTION: A French Nobleman known as The French Bedford - turns his Chateau into something between Woburn and Longleat. A Game Park, to encourage more visitors. SHOTLIST: GV exterior Chateau de Thoiry - France. GV exterior ditto. MS interior visitors looking around. CU part of display in chateau. MS visitors looking. CU piano in chateau. MS visitors looking around. MLS exterior chateau grounds - monkey climbing in trees. LS, MLS & MS ditto. MS gnus in chateau grounds. MS wild oxen in grounds. MS flamingoes. MCU ditto. MS zebra around visitor’s car. MS ditto. CU leopard. MS ditto - fountain in f/g. MCU seal swimming on surface of pool. MS bucks running and jumping in grounds. MS ditto. MS lions in enclosure. MLS ditto. MCU ditto. MS ostrich in grounds. MCU pan lion walks past. LS ostrich walking away from camera. MS camels around Land Rover. CU camel. MS camels run away from camera.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Birds; Animals; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

France; Thoiry

Footage sources

France

Card file number

93524

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

156

Story extras:

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