News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Astra Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

8

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. South seas barber
• 2. Crazy pub
• 3. Jill Day’s gym
• 4. Windmill girls at Biggin Hill

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 3/11/57 CRAZY PUB. (Hunsdon. Herts) CU A sign announcing "Your are now in Britain’s craziest pub" this sign is misspelt. MS Alarm clock dangling from ceiling, with a label marked "No Tick" attached to it. MS Interior of bar showing customers seated round it. One customer points to it. MS Stag’s head on ceiling, with comic hats on its antlers and an onion sprouting from one of them. CU Stag’s head, pan up to close up of onion. MS Two women customers looking up a the ceiling. CU of a 200 cwt [hundredweight] stone fish suspended from a rafter. MS Various mad signs and notices. CU A pair of shoes with a notice which says "Rock and Role. Ruined my Sole" underneath them. MS Various mad notices. Above them the bottom of a ventilator. We pan up the ventilator. CU Ventilator which has a notice upon it which reads "The biggest sucker in here" written upon it. MS Two ladies at the bar. The manager puts a cheese dish cover in front of them and starts to take off the cover. CU The cover being raised to disclose two little guinea pigs on the dish. The cover is replaced on the dish MS The women reacting to this. MS A young couple looking up at the ceiling. CU Various oddments on the ceiling which include a wheel barrow wheel, a lamp a notice which says "Whisky 2/-d" and what looks like an enormous nut with the world "Nuts" written above it. MS On the ceiling of an apparatus with mops or sponges suspended on it revolving. MS of the barman wearing a gasmask serving cheese to a customer. CU of the barman in his gasmask. MS The barman replaces the cover of the cheese dish and removes his gasmask. MS of the host of the pub showing young couple a plaque upon which is written the names of famous airmen who were stationed near the pub during the last war. CU of the name Kain, pan down the plaque to show various other names, some of them well known. CU of the girl as she moves away. MS A woman sitting at the bar watching an assistant slicing a lemon with a saw. MS As we pan down to show the assistant sawing the lemon. MS of a man walking to a scratching post. He scratches his left shoulder and turns sideways. CU of man scratching his other shoulder and his back. CU Two women looking up at ceiling, one of them points upwards. MS Camera suspended from the ceiling, on which is written "No cameras". MS of a dummy (large doll) pouring itself out a pint of beer, it starts to raise the beer to its mouth. BCU Dummy drinking the beer. (Eastman Neg.)"

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Footage sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial   Issue No.115

Length of story (in feet)

260

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