Signs Multiply of Better Time Coming

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
123A
Date Released
15 Oct 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Signs Multiply of Better Time Lancashire Mills and Mines Reopened. DESCRIPTION: Hope revives in industrial Lancashire, as mills and mines re-open and fires are stoked afresh. SHOTLIST: Shots of the Mill chimney smoking, shot of the knocker-up tapping at the windows. Close shot of womens’ clogged feet walking to work. Shots of chimney. Shots of workers going to the factory. Furnaces being stoked. Shot of piston working. Machinery at work. Girls on the looms. Men at work. Shot exterior of mine and wheel turning. CU wheel turning. Men go down in cage. Miner at work with drill. Full coal trucks underground. Factory chimney and football game in the foreground.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Women; Industry and manufacture; Mining
Card file number
1466
Length of story (in feet)
93
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Signs Multiply of Better Time Coming', British Movietone News Issue No. 123A, 15 Oct 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/3271 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)