Newspaper Run (1961)

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  • Release Date: 1st January 1961
  • Asset ID: 802400
  • Synopsis: Early BBC2 Trade Test film. A dramatised story the distribution of Swedish newspapers by air. This is the story of how it was done: by the newsmen and press photographers; by the truck-drivers hurrying through the wet grey streets of Stockholm, by the crews of the freight planes hauling their tons of newspaper, and by Spokis, the Lapland pilot who knows the North as no other pilot knows it and will land his tiny plane in a forest clearing or on the surface of a frozen lake.
  • Shotlist: 10:00:00 180 Pan L to R Stockholm at 09:45 on 23rd December. VO Commences. Pan stops, woman (Lill - Babs) in FG commences singing with caption overlay 'NEWSPAPER RUN, A BP FILM, Photography DOUGLAS RANSOM, Camera Assistant DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, TECHNICOLOR, Film Editor TERENCE TWIGG, Recorded on Location by FRANCIS FLYNN, RCA, Unit Managers EDWARD DEASON LENNART KLEFBOM, Film Score composed and conducted by EDWIN ASTLEY, Produced by ANTHONY GILKISON, Directed by JOHN DURST, A RAYANT PICTURE.' After woman finishes singing, she is attended to by film crew. 10:01:59 Swedish Newspaper art editors' desk, two men flick through pictures of female singer, Lill-Babs and then old woman, Granny Andersson. 10:02:34 GVs Newspaper printing machine room. Man checks paper. Papers are loaded onto truck which could be Gustmobile Anddirven. 10:03:41 Pan L to R Stockholm - Bromma Airport. SAS SE-DAS plane stationary, preparing to take off on runway. 10:03:45 Int. GVs passengers checking in and SAS SE-DAS plane being loaded by Ford luggage trucks. 10:05:04 GVs Int. cockpit pilots preparing plane for take off and Ext. plane taking off. 10:08:03 GVs Int. and Ext. LIN propeller plane taking off. 10:09:37 Ext. Ostersund Granny Anderson comes out of Bank into Taxi to drive to airport. 10:10:22 Int. Ostersund Airport GVs Granny Anderson (lottery winner) has photos taken in airport café. 10:11:18 Ext. Stockholm LIN flight taxiing up to the apron (loading area). 10:12:00 Sperkus (sp?) the outback pilot takes bag of potatoes onto airplane and prepares to fly Granny Anderson to Lapland in two seater plane (SE CTA on rudder). 10:13:57 XLS Aerial of Ostersund covered in snow. 10:15:50 GVs Int. Granny Andersons' cottage showing newspaper clipping of her self to her family. 10:17:49 Ext. Sperkus (sp?) takes off, bound to Ostersund. END
  • Production Company: A Rayant Picture
  • Licensing Restrictions: None
  • Viewing Restrictions: Public
  • Format: BetaSP_Small
  • Alternative Language Notes: None