Duty Free Supermarket at London Airport

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2234
Date Released
27 Mar 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Duty Free Supermarket at London Airport. DESCRIPTION: The world’s largest duty free supermarket at Heathrow. It’ll serve some 2 1/2 million people per year, and will be right next to the aircraft for convenience. SHOTLIST: GV plane parked in front of No 3 Terminal building. GV No 3 building. GV interior passengers around duty free area pan to duty free shop. SV girl passenger looking into duty free shop. SV various drinks in shop window. LV girl passenger going through into new duty free supermarket. CU pan as she picks up wire basket & goes off to collect goods. CU sign whisky. CU sign Bourbon. SV girl walks past racks of whisky. Travel shot past whisky. SV girl picks out bottle of whisky from shelf and puts it into basket. CU sign cigarettes. SV pan as girl walks along cigarette stand. Travel shot past cigarettes. CU price £1.45. CU ditto £1.35. SV girl places cigarettes into basket. CU sign cigars. Travel shot past boxes of cigars. CU sign Brandy pan shot supermarket. SV girl passenger pays for goods & walks out of supermarket.
Keywords
Aviation; Shops and shopping
Locations
London Heathrow Airport
Card file number
97976
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
111
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Duty Free Supermarket at London Airport', British Movietone News Issue No. 2234, 27 Mar 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29314 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)