Merry-Go-Round

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2347A
Date Released
30 May 1974
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Merry Go Round. DESCRIPTION: The famous Faire du Trone held in Paris. SHOTLIST: SV merry go round flying aeroplanes ride. SV ditto & small cars with sun shades. GV mass crowd in fairground. SV candy floss stall. SV woman eating candy floss. SV big dipper pan as car goes down then up tracking shot view passengers in car. (5 library shots: LV big dipper, SV two man swings, horse merry go round, GV crowd in fair, GV ditto.) SV man turning on equipment in factory. SV merry go round pan to seats. SV designers of fair equipment at drawing boards. CU man at drawing board. LV fork lift truck carrying cars. SV man fitting steering wheel to bumper car. SV man fitting headrest to a car. SV man carrying body of a car. SV man testing electric rocking elephant pan to elephant. SV 2 men carrying a lorry for a merry go round. SV pan girl on small merry go round in a plane. GV view from plane car on a large merry go round. GV merry go round in shape of a Spanish girl with swirling dress. View from car on the big dipper. SV big dipper with a car on it. View from car on big dipper. SV car on big dipper. GV fair etc. at night with lights.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture
Locations
France; Paris
Footage sources
France
Library
Card file number
99950
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
144
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Merry-Go-Round', British Movietone News Issue No. 2347A, 30 May 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30356 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)