Rocking Horse Hospital
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rocking Horse Hospital. DESCRIPTION: More horses, but they won’t rock the bookies - only kids. Seventy year old Andrew Booth restores century old rocking horses to their original glory, and makes new ones as well. He can give the old ones face-lifts, new manes, replacement limbs and even protect them from woodworm - the most likely thing to send them off their rockers. SHOTLIST: SV small girl on rocking horse. CU rocking horse made in 1880, pan to rocking horse made in 1820 in pieces. CU head of 1820 horse. GV workshop - tracking shot into Andrew Booth working on rocking horse. CU Andrew Booth. LV Booth working on another horse. CU horse. CU Booth. CU hand puts eye in place. SV Booth working - saddle placed on back of horse. CU pan up as attaches horses mane. CU different angle shot ditto. CU stirrup attached. GV horses rocking in workshop.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Children; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Older people; Toys and models
- Locations
- Southampton
- Card file number
- 96748
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 77
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How to cite this record
'Rocking Horse Hospital', British Movietone News Issue No. 2177A, 25 Feb 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28722 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)