- Title: U40
- Date:1960s
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Summary:
10:00:33:19-10:00:48:16
MCU Busy street scene outside Manchester Guardian and Evening News Office building. Traffic, cars, bicycles and vans. People in 60s dress, men wearing trilby hats, women wearing head-scarves. Cut to MCU panning shot of flat bed lorry loaded with 15 large rolls of paper turns right into side street.
10:00:48:20-10:01:08:13
Cut to office wall clock showing 7.15 a.m. Panning shots follow office cleaner as she empties waste paper bin, sweeps floor (paper and empty cigarette packet) and empties ashtray. Office furniture includes roll front desk, filing cabinet with pile of papers stacked untidily on top, wooden chair, desk with sheets of paper scattered on surface, ashtray being replaced on desk. CU woman’s right hand as she removes ‘24’ to reveal ‘25’ on desktop calendar.
10:01:08:14-10:01:51:04
Cut to MCU of seagulls flying in cloudy sky. Film title superimposed onto sky scene. Cut to panning shot of idle cranes and barges moored on Thames with Tower Bridge in distance. Cut to various CU cranes, barges with cranes in mist beyond, empty lorries parked beside train lines with near deserted yard and dock buildings in bg. Cut to docker workers on strike standing around outside dock gates. CU interview between dock worker(close ups) and reporter. MCU interview with dock workers outside dock gates, duty policeman walks between open gates, cranes and dock in bg.
10:01:51:05-10:01:58:15
Cut to CU of camera flash unit. MCU of welcome party as dignitary descents steps of aircraft. Cut to mls of aircraft taxiing along runway.
10:01:58:16-10:02:59:14
Cut to MCU of man wearing white shirt, bow tie and jacket sitting at desk typing. Shelving behind desk with rows of box files and folders. Wire filing trays on desk, black ‘dial’ telephone in bg Cut to CU of man typing on manual typewriter. Pan to advertising material for ‘The Georgian State Dance Company’. Cut to various news stories including: CU vs of Cossack dancers MCU crowded three tier sports stand football match MCU aerial shot of BOAC aeroplane flying above the clouds overview of tree covered landscape MCU native village, children playing, round mud huts with thatched roofs CU man CU child leaning against tree trunk. MCU panning shots rear view of operators at telephone exchange wearing head sets; country names above each operator Cape Town, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney. Cut to vs panning shots of floods in Bengal (v/o explains this is the rice growing area which is experiencing the worst floods in memory) raging water eroding land tall tree collapsing CU flooded ‘shanty town’ child perched on ledge away from water people wading through water.
10:02:59:15-10:03:35:00
Cut to panning shot of telephone exchange; Country names above operators; New York, Poona, ships. Cut to CU sea lapping rock pan up to vs United Nations building in New York. Panning overviews of UN meeting (Alistair Cooke v/o) Fade out.
10:03:35:00-10:04:15:21
Fade into MCU busy street scene outside Manchester Guardian and Evening News Office building. Shots of vehicles and pedestrians. Cut to CU men unloading large rolls of paper from flat bed lorry. CU roll of paper ‘Canadian International Paper Co.’ being lowered using rope, block and tackle into cellar of building, man guides it through cellar door (with one hand on controls to hoist)to two men waiting below, one removes rope. Panning shot of machine room men cleaning large printing machines and rollers.
10:04:15:22-10:04:47:17
Cut to Wire Room ; telex machines receiving messages; wire filing basket containing sheets of paper. Man tears off / removes message from telex machine and logs details in book other office workers and wall clock at 4.20 pm in bg. CU male collecting data, entering in log and passing to another man. Panning shot follows man past communications equipment / radio to door with News Editor plaque CU man turning door knob and going through door.
10:04:47:17-10:05:49:18
Cut MCU Man sitting at desk on the telephone as man comes in through door carrying sheets of paper in hand and places them on desk in front of editor. Man replaces phone, picks up papers, smokes cigarette whilst reading. CU man / editor listing news items for next issue. CU reporters in typing pool. Panning shot outside dock, cyclist, two telephone kiosks / boxes. Vs CU man / reporter using public telephone whilst reading from paper / notebook. CU female telephonist wearing headset and typing on Royal manual typewriter. CU telephone, man lifts receiver and talks into it.
10:05:49:18-10:06:49:17
Cut to street sign City of London, Fleet Street, ls busy Fleet Street. Zi to ms of The Guardian / Manchester Evening News building. Cut to office, man sitting behind desk, on telephone, female secretary approaches desk and places paper in front of man. CU of man speaking on white telephone, holds cigarette whilst reading from paper, view of other buildings through window behind. Cut to CU panning shot of rows of box files and folders piled up on shelves. Men gathered around and mark up newspaper copy spread out on desk. Man takes folded newspaper from shelf and reads it. CU of man (Victor Zorza) sitting behind desk holding pen / pencil and marking up newspaper, cigarette in the other hand. Man unfolds paper and places on desk in front of Victor who then picks up black telephone receiver.
10:06:49:18-10:08:10:10
Cut to various reporters compiling their news items Richard Scott, Diplomatic Correspondent, smoking a cigarette in cigarette holder whilst typing, financial staff, political and parliamentary reporters, defence correspondent, Michael Frayn compiling miscellany column, cartoonist preparing ‘Papas’ cartoon. Cut to various shots of men entering data into machines printing tape. CU tracking shot of progress of ticker tape into tray. Man standing reading papers, other men typing, large communication / transmission equipment in bg. Operator puts on headset. CU hand turning controls of equipment and connecting plug into socket. Overview of outside of office building.
10:08:10:12-10:09:54:20
Cut to wire room, where man replaces telephone while others stand by teleprinter machines. Cut to vs of men and printing machines, loading paper, rollers moving feeding paper through preparing news copy. Pencil drawings of source of material; Hot air balloon with ‘News Agencies’ on balloon; characters leaning out looking through binoculars ‘Adventurer’ on the back of a Rhinoceros, Fleet Street, Houses of Parliament, buildings in rainy Manchester Group of men huddled under single umbrella Editor sitting behind desk. CU man / editor ? Alisdair Hetherington, talking with other male members of editorial team.
10:09:54:21-10:12:04:06
Cut to editorial team; Man with sitting at desk preparing dummy layout of newspaper, man checking the paper and placing into wooden tray which is collected and taken out of shot. Cut to MLV of sub editors / production team at work around room with various piles of paper on desks. CU man checks text and passes paper to another man. Paper slotted into ‘shuttle’ and sent up to next in line - the compositors. VS of men checking stories and numbering them. CU working lino-type machine and completed printing block. Block of print and paper copy united and passed to man compiling newspaper pages who checks blocks against draft before arranging them in frame frame being placed in machine and making test print.
10:12:04:07-10:12:55:09
Cut to sign on door ‘Features’. Lady opens door to reveal Features editor (smoking pipe) and his team checking their contributions; painting of soldiers in dress uniform on horseback, photos of footballers etc. Pan out to vs of men typing on manual typewriters compiling their editorial interspersed with draft copies of printing coming off the press. Cut CU sub editor working on layout, pan out to view clock on wall 8.30 pm.
10:12:55:10-10:13:43:14
Cut vs men arranging print blocks into wooden frames, applying ink with a roller, laying sheet of paper over blocks and printing a test page by running a wooden roller over the paper. CU of printed test page.
10:13:43:15-10:15:23:04
CU Sub editor at desk lights cigarette as a late news item arrives at his desk. CU of text; Explosion 1 Rush ‘Heavy casualties feared after explosion; ’CU men looking at news item, CU clock 8.56 pm CU men looking at sheet of paper, one man walks off carrying paper. Sub editor sits at desk (cigarettes and lighter, white mug, fairly full ashtray all on desk presses button on intercom system. Cut to man holding telephone receiver. CU man running test print. CU test print: ‘Explosion at new A-Station. Heavy Casualties: area may be evacuated.’ CU rearranging print blocks in wooden frame. Man at lino-type machine. Editorial team working on new layout. CU office clock 9.07p.m. CU frame of print blocks. Man cuts off part of block with clippers and fits into space in framework.
10:15:23:04-10:17:31:20
Cut to night overview of stationary steam trains. CU train coming alongside platform at night. MCU Editorial team completing printing frame applying ink with hand roller laying sheet of paper over blocks and printing a test page by running a wooden roller over the paper. CU of printed test page. CU ‘HOE’ machine. Sliding drawer opens, man removes cover, wipes back of plate then lifts it to check print. CU Clock on wall 9.09 pm CU drum shaped machine, lid raised and curved plate removed. Plate taken and placed in another machine with a sheet of metal (? Die cast machine); operator moves various levers before removing finished printing plate. Panning shot following plate along conveyor belt and down to print room. Man takes plate and inserts it in rotary press, using spanner to secure it to machine. Machine operator gives ‘thumbs up’ sign before pressing the ‘start’ button on the printing press. CU of rotating printing plate and paper running off the ‘Crabtree’ printing press. CU printing machine working at high speed.
10:17:31:21-10:18:51:01
CU man standing by machinery, takes completed paper off and reads, another man sitting by machine takes off papers and places them in piles. Piles of papers collected and taken to packing room where they are bundled together and tied with string. CU steam train waiting at the station CU engine driver in cab. CU bundles of papers having destination labels attached; Euston, Dundrum, Lagos, Truro, Exeter, Roma, Bristol, Dublin, Milan, Prague, Vienna, The Hague. MLS despatch department. Loading bundles into van. Van driver getting into cab driving off. Night view from cab as van travels along. CU of back of van with doors open and men unloading bundles of papers and loading them onto the waiting train.
10:18:51:02-10:19:30:20
Series of shots, CU train conductor checking his watch CU stationary steam train in the station men loading bundles of papers into wagon of train CU bundles of papers on train, CU conductor checking his watch, raises his left hand blows whistle, CU driver in cab, CU train wheels as they start to rotate and panning shot as train pulls out of the station. Fast passing CU shots of Steam train with several carriages at night. Fade out.
10:19:30:22-10:20:09:05
Fade into fleet of ‘The Guardian’ vans at and leaving Euston Station. CU bundle of papers being dropped on to pavement fade out/in ‘Gosdens’ papershop. Three bicycles at the edge of the pavement. Paperboys leave shop carrying paper bags / satchels over their shoulders, newsagent passes paper to one boy, they leave on their bikes. Panning shot of paperboy arriving at suburban detached house with trees and shrubs in the garden, stands his bike at the kerb, jumps over wrought iron gate and walks up path, takes paper out of bag, folds it and pushes it into a letter box.
10:20:09:06-10:20:47:16
CU paper stand showing ‘The Guardian’, ‘Punch’ and ‘The Times’. Zo to show newspaper shop with magazines and ‘pocket edition’ books on bookshelves with various customers purchasing papers. MCU shopping area, people walking, one with dog, raised flower bed, W. H. Smith, CU three people queuing at bus shop (one lady and two men) men reading newspapers. Panning shot as London Transport bus arrives. CU of man in bowler hat reading a copy of ‘The Guardian’. Cut to MCU Busy street scene outside Manchester Guardian and Evening News Office building. Shots of vehicles and pedestrians. - TYPE:
- DATE:1960s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Greenpark
- Decade:
- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:UK, LONDON, 1961, PRINT AND BROADCAST JOURNALISM, NEWSPAPERS, NEWS MEDIA, UNIONS, DOCKS, REPORTER, FLOODS, FEATURES, NEWS ROOM, SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE UN, TIME, PAPER, PRINTING PRESS, NEWS FINDING, GATHERING, COPY,
- Master Title:U40
- Segment:Greenpark
- Sound:Sound
