One Minute News (1947)

Full title reads: “One Minute News“. Nottingham to Skegness Cycle Race. MS Alderman Shaw, Mayor of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire starting the race. Various good shots of the race in progress. They are seen going through Lincoln (the Cathedral is seen) and Wragby. LS The cyclists arrive at Skegness, Lincolnshire. CU The winner, Scates of London, receiving the cup. CU Head shot of Scates. Scientists view total eclipse of sun at Bocayava, Brazil. CU Scientists operating telescopes and other astronomical instruments to watch the eclipse. CU Series of shots of the sun as it is gradually blocked out by the moon. MS CU People viewing the spectacle. CU Total solar eclipse, showing the sun completely covered by the moon but looking like a fringe of light round the perimeter. Men who fought in Burma have a reunion in the Albert Hall, London. LS General view of the scene in, the Albert Hall, packed with Burma veterans, singing ’The Long and the short and the tall“. MS General Sir William Slim and Admiral Power,