News In A Nutshell (1936)

Item title reads - News in a Nutshell. Intertitle - ’Burnham Market’ (Norfolk) - M/S as the camera pans across the picturesque little village. M/S of 103 year old Mr Skeets smoking a pipe. M/S of his wife, who is 30. He married her when he was 90 and she was 17. M/S of the couple with their children, Eric, aged 5 and Doris, aged 2. M/S as Mr Skeets walks his son, Eric, to school, they walk past a horse. M/S as he kisses the little boy before he goes into school. Intertitle - ’Coventry’ - (West Midlands) - M/S of a new train which runs on pneumatic tyres, C/U of the tyres. Various shots of the train, various shots of people getting on and sitting down. M/S of the driver in raised cabin above the coach. M/S as it sets off. M/S interior, it looks like the inside of a bus. Various shots of the tracks and surrounding scenery. M/S of people inside. M/S as it approaches Coventry station, M/S as everyone gets off. Intertitle - ’Lourdes’ (France) - M/S of ex-servicemen from all over the world walking al