Firework Build-Up Story (1948)

London. Several shots of the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben, double decker bus in foreground. Several shots of dilapidated houses in the London’s East End. MS. Children walking along pavement of East End street. Back shot of a man without trousers running along street - presumably after the children. LMS. Kids wheeling Guy Fawkes out of a house. MS. Line of kids entering a ’Guy Fawkes’ exhibition held in a bombed building - some have other names ’Adolf Hitler’, ’Our Butcher’, ’Teacher’s Pet’, ’Dewey’, ’Molotov’, ’Musso’, ’Freddy Smith’. CU. Back view, kids entering doorway to bombed building. MS. Kids looking at guys. CU. Kids reading ’Guy Fawkes’ book. CU. Hand made rockets lying on ground. MS. Kids clamber through shop window. CU. Notice ’No Fireworks’ on shop window. CU. Kids looking along street, pan to guy in pram. MS. Kids queuing for fireworks outside shop. CU. Tracking shot, kids queuing. (Mute. Neg.) Information found in the old record - Cuts 48/90. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRI