Paris Meat Market

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2280
Date Released
12 Feb 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris Meat Market. DESCRIPTION: End of Les Halles - and beginning of the new Meat Market near Orly Airport. SHOTLIST: GV still - old meat market. SV meat hanging up pan to men moving out weighing machines, clearing out old market. SV meat loaded into bin. CU man loading pig onto truck. GV truck driving away. GV zoom back and pan, site of new market. SV pan old market. SV pan weighing machine being wheeled out of old market. SV 2 shots weighing machines etc. being cleared out of market. SV last batch of chickens being sold. CU pan down man holding dead chickens. CU bonfire pan to chickens, which were not sold, burning on the fire. GTV pan last oddments being cleared from old market, gates being closed. GV exterior pan new market. SV pan weighing machine being moved into new market. SV pan more equipment being moved in. TS through empty new market. SV computer being checked. SCU tapes being put in computer. SV computer in operation (for recording transactions). SV pan meat hanging up. SCU pan ditto. GTV pan new market.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Shops and shopping
Locations
France; Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98814
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
149
Story extras:

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'Paris Meat Market', British Movietone News Issue No. 2280, 12 Feb 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29766 (Accessed 21 Jun 2025)