Christmas Grotto

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2377
Date Released
23 Dec 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Grotto - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The big stores celebrate Christmas with nursery rhymes. SHOTLIST: SV man & children looking at nursery rhyme figures in Selfridges. CU man and small girl. SV moving figure (king). CU small child. GV bowing servant figure. CU sign ‘Queen of Hearts’. SV queen figure making tarts. CU queen figure. CU sign ‘Sing A Song of Sixpence’. SV king & queen in front of blackbirds in pie. CU blackbirds in pie. CU king.
Keywords
Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Shops and shopping; Celebrations and festivals
Locations
London; Selfridges
Card file number
74/359
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Christmas Grotto', British Movietone News Issue No. 2377, 23 Dec 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30599 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)