English Weather

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2247
Date Released
26 Jun 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: English Weather. DESCRIPTION: Officially it’s summer time, but Movietone takes a look at the summers of yester-year. SHOTLIST: SV newspapers Cold Weather headlines. CU Brrr!. CU headlines Flaming, Flaming, Flaming June. SV headlines Any More For A Trip Round The Icebergs. Library - GV crowds in swimming costumes, sun, bathing, SV line of girls’ legs. SV 3 girls in swimming costumes walking across road in London. SV people sitting on benches in park. SCU pan down as girl bends down and tips egg onto hot pavement to fry it. SV 2 women on park bench. SCU girl scoops fried egg off pavement & hands it to man sitting at table. CU as he eats egg. LV pan people walking along promenade at coast. SV ditto outside tourist shop. GV pan mass of people on beach. 2 SCUs woman rubbing on sun oil. 3 girls on promenade. 2 SVs man looking through large sea front telescope. SV backs of 3 girls walking along promenade. LV song and dance act on stage. GV people watching. SV song and dance act, 2 tap dancers. GV swimming pool on sea front, bi-plane flies past low in back ground. SV mass of people splashing around in pool. GV mass of people on beach. SV woman paddling. CU fat man walks towards camera wearing full swimming costume. GV people playing in sea, men wearing proper swimming costumes. GV pan crowds on sea front.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
United Kingdom
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
98252A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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How to cite this record

'English Weather', British Movietone News Issue No. 2247, 26 Jun 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29440 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)