News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2071A

Date Released

13 Feb 1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Top Tail-Waggers
• 2. Long View
• 3. Hibernation ‘69
• 4. Ice Title Again

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hibernation ‘69. DESCRIPTION: Reeling from the recent arctic blizzards, Britain faces another onslaught of wintry weather. One answer for town dwellers is suggested by Montreal’s Indoor City, a vast complex of skyscraper blocks linked through a network of underground promenades. The first of its kind in Canada, it offers complete protection from the weather. SHOTLIST: GV abandoned cars on road side. MS pan crashed car with pick-up vehicle. MS man hooks car to break-down vehicle. MLS break-down vehicle pulls car away. CU sign Watford Association Football Club. MS pan clearing terraces of snow and hay off pitch. MS men clearing hay off pitch. MS ditto. MS pan sign End in show bound roads & countryside to sign Margate. MCU car covered in snow. MLS cars abandoned on snow bound road. MS milk lorry abandoned. GV pan cars in snow. 3 shots snow plough clearing snow. 2 shots men pushing car out of snow. GV highway into Montreal. MS car into underground car park at Montreal’s Indoor City. MCU car through puddle. GV Montreal. Pan up zoom out skyscraper. 2 shots people walking up stairs. MS pan people walking through corridors. LAS sign-post, pan down to man with trolley. MS pan restaurant. MS pan shop. MS pan Barber’s shop. MS ditto. CU man’s shoes being cleaned. MLS ditto. MCU boys walking. 2 shots LAS people walking through corridors. 2 shots people on escalators. GV pan motor boats in showroom. HAS girls entering swimming pool. MS zoom out ditto. MS girls swimming. MS pan man leaves turkish bath. MS pan from snow outside to people looking in shops. MS zoom out skyscraper.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Environment; Shops and shopping; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Montreal; Kent; United Kingdom; Canada; Watford

Footage sources

National Film Board of Canada

Card file number

94392

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

231

Story extras:

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