Greenwich Mean Time

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2213
Date Released
1 Nov 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Greenwich Mean Time. DESCRIPTION: Britain goes back to the old system of moving clocks back to GMT. SHOTLIST: CU alarm clock - 7am, ringing then stopped. MS curtains opened to reveal sunny morning. Pan Greenwich Maritime Museum to Observatory. Pan along Greenwich Meridian. CU sign Prime Meridian of the World. MS magnetic clock. CU ditto. MS office workers clocking out. CU clock at 5pm. CU cord fed into clock. MS workers get into car and drive off. MS cars along road at night. MS farm workers ploughing at night or dawn. MS children in school. CU airways time table. CU railway time table. LS Big Ben at night. CU ditto at 10.30pm. BST light goes out at 145’. MS mechanism of Big Ben. CU sign Mechanism Fixed Here 1859. MS clock stopped, mechanism stationary. CU pendulum. MS interior men work on re-setting clock. MS ditto.
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
97591
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Stan Goozee
Length of story (in feet)
188
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Greenwich Mean Time', British Movietone News Issue No. 2213, 1 Nov 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29100 (Accessed 01 May 2025)