News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

87

Date Released

2 Feb 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. See Motor Police at Work
• 2. General Jan Smuts Appeals for Peace
• 3. Plane Deliberately Crashed at Sea
• 4. Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
• 5. Winter "Sailors" Get a Skate On
• 6. Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motor Police at Work. DESCRIPTION: Movietone films one of the first victims under the new Road Act. SHOTLIST: Shot of police standing by new Police car, policeman on a horse rides up. Shots of the patrol at work and it’s first victim. Patrol car pulls into Police station and gives its report to an officer.

Keywords

Vehicles; Horses; Police; Crime; Animals

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1038

Length of story (in feet)

111

Story extras:

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