Midlands News: 25.12.1959: Christmas Day story

Summary

Compilation of seasonal items broadcast on Christmas day.

Year:

1959

Duration:

0:07:45

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see a Christmas tree protected with barbed wire followed by a shot of small boy giving a large dog a joint of meat. The next section shows an elderly couple putting food in parcels and handing them over to a man on the doorstep. We then see scouts delivering coal door-to-door. The next section shows a hunt meet outside the Bull's Head pub at Wootton Wawen in Warwickshire followed by views of hunt hounds chasing a fox across fields. Father Christmas is seen delivering presents to sick children in a hospital followed by the only sound section which shows a group of carol singing nurses on a hospital ward. We then return to Father Christmas who is seen emerging from a fireplace and leaving presents for two sleeping girls. When they wake up they unwrap them (dolls) and are joined by other children. After shots of people praying in church we see more children unwrapping presents.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Story number - 2207