Picnic Week - 1949 | The Archivist Presents | #399

It’s national picnic week! I absolutely love the commentator’s voice in this newsreel item from 1949. Please heed his message regarding littering, “please do not please leave a public park looking like a refuse heap.“ GV people seated on grassy slope. MS mum, dad and son on picnic surrounded by newspapers. CU nut shells tipped from tablecloth. MS family get up and go. CU their litter. GV litter bin as boy walks up and takes paper out and throws it on ground, his parents watch. CU mother’s smiling face. CU father puts cigarette in mouth and chucks packet over his shoulder. GV fairground. GV lots of people seated on grass. GV litter on grass. MS man seated on deck-chair surrounded by litter. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive. Story number is: BM52293 Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: ​​ Instagram: