Do It Yourself Exhibition

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2153
Date Released
7 Sep 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Do It Yourself Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: The annual shop-window of what’s new for the man - and woman - who pride themselves on being handy around the home. SHOTLIST: LV pan people looking at exhibits in exhibition. SV girl putting tile on wall, pan to another girl sticking on glide-on ready pasted vinyl on wall. SV ditto, pan to people watching. STV girl demonstrating new Showering portable shower ring. CU showing water coming out of ring which is round her neck. CU her feet standing in bowl of water. GV man demonstrates automatic light switch operated by clapping hands, light comes on. GV man claps hands, lights go off, he claps again, lights come on. CU new lockjaw vice clamped to table & demonstrated. GTV of exhibition. GV man demonstrates & opens up workmate bench. 4 GVs man planing wood clamped to bench. 4 GVs man sawing wood clamped to bench. 4 GVs man using circular saw fitment. 4 GVs man sharpens chisel another fitment. 4 GVs man turning wood. Angle shot pan man playing piano as 2 other men try to saw piano in half with general purpose saw. GV man playing piano panto man sawing. SV man playing piano, 2 men sawing.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture; Inventions and discoveries; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
United Kingdom; London Olympia
Card file number
96320
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Do It Yourself Exhibition', British Movietone News Issue No. 2153, 7 Sep 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28477 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)