Girl and Boy of Britain

Duration: 600

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Coronet (CORT)

Complete Record: Note: Synopsis taken from logging sheet in film can. Shot from milkman's truck, two empty bottles replaced with milk. Boy with book-bag runs out of house. CU of a boy running. CU his feet. British postman drives up and picks up outgoing mail. Boy is still running! Train roars past. Boy waits for drawbridge to open crosses. Boy runs down city street, arrives in class late, talks to teacher, sits down. SRS cuts between boy/teacher/girl as theytalk to each other. Kids get on bus. POV shots from bus of fields and tractors. Bus drives down busy street, people boarding a train, cars on the freeway, boy looks out train window. Double decker bus pulls up, POV shots of a fountain, bridge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and Piccadilly Circus. LS The royal guards (big hats) march. CU of guards at the gate. Ship goes under a bridge on river. Boy and girl are surrounded by pigeons at a statue. Man plays guitar on street corner. Boy and girl eat ice cream on a bench. People take turns standing on a box and preaching to a crowd. Boy and girl take note of the time, head back to the train, board, and take off. Roll credits.