A Policeman’s Lot (1962)

London. The narrator, Wilfrid Thomas, is an Australian “studying your police methods“ in an item about crime prevention. Aerial shot of Trafalgar square. Panning shot of a marching band in a parade. C/U of a policeman’s feet walking in Trafalgar Square, he is singing - “A Policeman’s Lot is not a Happy One“. C/U of a closed sign on a shop door - a policeman’s hand checks it is locked. C/U of a little girl crying, the policeman’s hand takes hers and leads her away. The next sequence shows how people’s carelessness causes crime. C/U of Barclay’s Bank sign, tilt down to two men taking a case with their firm’s wages to a waiting car, pan to a couple stroll past carrying their wages in loose bags. In an office foyer, a receptionist takes a businessman to his meeting, he leaves behind his briefcase. A girl brushing her hair in public toilet leaves behind her watch and ring. C/U of the policeman’s feet as he struggles to escort a drunk man to the station. A thief smashes a window a