Prosperity

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
399
Date Released
25 Jan 1937
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
13 / 13
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shipbuilding on Clyde Augurs Well for Trade in 1937. DESCRIPTION: Shipbuilding boom on Clyde augurs well for Trade in 1937. SHOTLIST: Small tug steaming along. Pan around shipyard and ships. Shot of headline ‘Glasgow Trade Revival’. Shot of the streets and shops in Glasgow and traffic in montage effect dissolving to the feet of workers going to work. CU of bag of money and coins being counted into same. Notes being handed over and a Post Office bank book. Shot of the notice ‘Post Office’. Shot of the pawnbrokers’ sign. Pan down to street with newsboy and placard ‘Prosperity for Clyde’. Shot of shipyards and ships on stocks. Pan around docks. Men leaving the yards.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Shops and shopping; Industry and manufacture; Postal services; Newsreels
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
5063
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
76
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Prosperity', British Movietone News Issue No. 399, 25 Jan 1937. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/7232 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)