Variety Club Gala

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2139A
Date Released
4 Jun 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Variety Club. DESCRIPTION: A big day out with the stars at the annual gala organised by the Variety Club of Great Britain at the Battersea Festival Gardens. The event, in which stars of stage, screen and television mingle with the public in a fairground atmosphere, raises over £5,000 for children’s charities. SHOTLIST: GV Battersea Park fun-fair. SV roundabout. Eleanor Summerfield & Leonard Sachs. Angle shot big wheel. SV Sidney Tafler, Patrick Cargill & Bill Fraser. Tony Blackburn & Stanley Baker. SV Roy Orbison. SV Sam Kydd & Gerry Marsden. GV car down water-chute. LV ditto. Liz Fraser signing autographs. Roy Orbison. SCU Stanley Baker. CU Tony Blackburn. SV Wendy Craig, Henry Cooper & Benny Hill watching beauty contest. SV pan girls lined up. SV crowd. SV Stanley Baker putting Variety Club sash round winner. Side V crowd & press. SV winner being chaired by Benny Hill and Stanley Baker.
Keywords
Organisations; Mass media; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Women; Competitions; Fundraising; Fashion and costume; Performing arts
Locations
London
Card file number
96016
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
105
Story extras:

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'Variety Club Gala', British Movietone News Issue No. 2139A, 4 Jun 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28336 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)