Jazz on a Summer’s Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2097A
Date Released
14 Aug 1969
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jazz on a Summer’s Day. DESCRIPTION: Plumpton Racecourse becomes a Pop Experience during the Jazz, Blues and Pop Festival. . Our film features Breakthru, The Strawbs and the Bonzo Dog Band. SHOTLIST: out of focus trees. GV race course at Plumpton, Sussex. Pan down to poster for National Jazz, Blues & Pop Festival. MS poster on van. Zoom in sign race card. Sequence of signs and posters. Sequence of people walking into festival. Zoom in pan The Breakthru on stage. CU guitar player. MS Breakthru group. MS zoom in singer. TS crowd. CU zoom out paper with headline ‘Pop in at Plumpton’. MS zoom out crowd. CU girl in crowd. MS Negro dancing in crowd. 3 shots through scaffolding around stage of the Strawberries or Strawbs. CU pan up cellist in Strawbs. MS cellist. Zoom in crowd. 2 shots stage. MS drum kit on stage. Sign ‘Bonzo Dog’. 2 shots drum kit and drum kit with drummer. MLS Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band on stage. MLS pan tents in campsite behind stage, zoom out to reveal stage and audience. LAS singer of Bonzo Dog group. LS dancer and singer in Bonzo Dog group. MLS dancer and singer in Bonzo Dog. MCU girl in crowd. LAS Bonzo Dog. MS B/V Bonzo Dog. LAS man playing trumpet. 2 shots Bonzo Dog. CU girl in crowd. 4 shots Bonzo Dog. TS crowd. Zoom in, zoom out pan crowd.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure
Locations
Sussex; United Kingdom; Plumpton
Card file number
95063
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
353
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Jazz on a Summer’s Day', British Movietone News Issue No. 2097A, 14 Aug 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27969 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)