Cecil Johnson (1937)

CECIL JOHNSON Gives a humorous running commentary. Various exterior shots of Broadcasting House. Interior M/S of Cecil Johnson stood in front of a microphone at a table. He gives a running commentary on a large dinner party that is supposedly taking place, but he does it in the style of a sports commentator. When they start eating he says “They’re off!“ There are various sporting references, he describes a man drinking his soup and says it is well dribbled! When they bring the chicken on he says “it looks like a fowl to me!“ He continues in this vein until the end of the meal. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bul