Boy Editor (1961)

Billericay, Essex. Various shots of 14-year-old Wynford Grant in his school uniform, interviewing fireman Douglas Cook next to his fire engine, and taking notes. We then see Wynford coming out of a railway station that is having building work done; he is interviewing Station Master, Ted Freemantle; they walk past a sign reading ’London Trains Over Footbridge’. Commentator tells us Wynford does all the work on the ’Billericay Observer’ that he began three years ago; it now has a circulation of 500. Various shots of Wynford interviewing Mr Alma Hatt, Clerk of Basildon Council in his office; he shows Wynford a plan of the town, giving him updates of building progress. At the end of the interview they shake hands and Wynford walks out. M/S of Wynford coming through his front garden gate and running up the path to his house. Inside, he rubs his hands with glee (I bet he always keeps a tin in his pocket) and starts typing up his notes. He runs off the news sheets from his hand operated roller printing