MISCELLANEOUS SCENES ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND Part 2

Description

Summary: At ship launching on Firth of Clyde: People on stand decorated with BRitish flag. Woman is preparing the bottle of champagne to be dashed against the ship's side. CU, the bottle breaking against the hull. CU, hands at buttons releasing ship from the ways. VS, ship slides down the ways and into the water. Side launching of the ship Rinovia. CU, stern of ship enters water. Dissolve into another ship being launched. Another ship sliding down the ways. Dissolve, MS, another ship going down the ways. Scenes of the Universities of St Andrews in Glasgow, Scotland. Street scenes, poor section. Students on bicycles, and on foot. Montage: of Joseph P Goebbels; lawyer broadcasting. man seated near radio at home; he looks up, annoyed, shuts off radio. Ext, movie theater in London. Int, theater. People watching picture - it is a gangster chase. Cut to, couples in audience. Two men having discussion in Fair Bldg, woman in bg listens, watches. LS, Parliament House. Montage: Hand addressing envelope to House of Commons, political posters. HS, industrial area; dirty faced boy, people reading papers in subways, Black Shirts meeting, back to two men discussion at Fair. Spinning presses, political speakers, two men talking in office, man at steno's desk dictating. MS, man reading newspaper in crowded subway car, another man looks over his shoulder, brief argument ensues. HS, people at London newsstand, man reading paper, another man reading Reader's Digest. Scenes around Trafalgar Square, London. LASs, statue of Lord Nelson. People feeding pigeons. CU, little girl feeding pigeons. CU, scenes around the Thames River. LS, of castle, may be Windsor Castle. LS, London Bridge. Cut to, cars approaching London Eridge. Shot of London from the Thames showing dome of St Paul's Church in bg. Ship at open pier. Ship being unloaded.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities