Thames

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2364A
Date Released
26 Sep 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: House Afloat. DESCRIPTION: Tower Bridge opens to let a strange craft pass through. Built on two barges, its a floating show house on view for London’s Community. SHOTLIST: GV house on barges on its way up river toward Tower Bridge. Aerial shot Tower Bridge, ditto house on barges being towed toward Tower Bridge & pier. SV interior 2 models having tea in front room (lamp swaying from ceiling). GV Tower Bridge opening as house approaches. Angle shot underside of bridge. LV house gone through and out the other side of bridge. SV dockside pan to house moving on river. CU sign ‘Tower Pier’. SV men tying house up to pier. LV house tied to pier. Angle shot roof of house pan down. SV interior model tidying bed. SV reflection in mirror of model putting on perfume. SV model walks away, we see bath & basin. SV interior kitchen pan. GV exterior of house. SV architect David Wilson (beard) and Managing Director of Sunley Colin Shipman. SCU ditto (more David Wilson, ditto Shipman). SV interior 2 models sitting in living room on sofa & chair. GV exterior house at quay side. SV interior 2 models looking out of window at Tower Bridge. Aerial shot Tower Bridge. STOCK SHOTS (720ft) Roll 1 Air to ground shots: W/A Houses of Parliament. W/A house afloat in the river heading for Tower Bridge. M/A ditto. W/A Southwark. South side of Pool of London. W/A Westminster pan right to Lambeth and Waterloo. W/A New Covent Garden (Flower Market) to vegetable market. M/A Battersea fair ground. W/A London. M/A Houses of Parliament. M/A Buckingham Palace. W/A/ Blackfriars and Bank also St. Paul’s Cathedral. W/A Tower of London and Tower Bridge. W/A Tower Bridge and St. Katherine’s Docks. W/A Tower Bridge. W/A Tower of London. W/A Pool of London. Various shots of the Pool and Tower Bridge. Roll 2 W/A Southwark. W/A Waterloo. W/A New Covent Garden - Nine Elms. W/A Battersea. W/A Battersea Park and fair ground.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Domestic life; Business and commerce; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; River Thames; Tower Hamlet
Card file number
74/187
Credits:
Camera
Denis White
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
171
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Thames', British Movietone News Issue No. 2364A, 26 Sep 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30486 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)