The Case is Altered

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
540
Date Released
8 Oct 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
NoS Summary - Picnic equipment demo - a fold out table, picnic supplies suitcase.
British Pathe synopsis: "There’s more in this case than you would think possible - Just watch..." M/S of a large car driving towards the camera. M/S of car at a standstill, two young women and a young man climb out of the car. One of the women and the man carry small suitcases. C/Us of one of the suitcases being opened. It is a fold up picnic table. "And there you are - table and four seats - all steel and only weighing 30 lbs." C/U of the other suitcase being opened - it is a picnic basket with cutlery, plates, cups and a thermos. Woman takes cups out of the case. M/S of the girls sitting at the table in the open air. M/S of the table being folded up again. The two girls work together to pack the table.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.222
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP222
National Film Archive Catalogue
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'The Case is Altered', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 540, 8 Oct 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332830 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)