Father Christmas Starts His Rounds
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- British Movietone News
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- 1 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Father Xmas Starts His Rounds. DESCRIPTION: Our old friend brings his welcome good cheer to the children’s ward of the Middlesex Hospital. SHOTLIST: Group in fancy dress round piano in ward singing and playing same. Father Christmas holding doll at door of hospital. He looks in and climbs through window. He goes round to each patient in bed and distributes a toy to each. The nurses and Santa play with the children on rocking horses etc.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Health and medicine; Children; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Fashion and costume
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- Movietone
- Card file number
- 1562
- Length of story (in feet)
- 85
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How to cite this record
'Father Christmas Starts His Rounds', British Movietone News Issue No. 132A, 17 Dec 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/3368 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)