Overseas Buyers Flock To Trade Fair (1949)

Full title reads: “Britain’s Shopwindow - Overseas Buyers Flock To Trade Fair“ Olympia (Voiceover says Earls Court), London. The British Industries Fair (BIF). LV GV Exhibition. (For super. title). MV Buyers entering exhibition. SV Buyers entering exhibition. GV Exhibition. CU Englishman assisting Arab man to read catalogue. SV Pull back from GV of Brass and copper ware. MV Girl lying on divan - curtain pulled back to reveal her. MV Midget radio set built into travelling case. CU Man adjusting dials to radio. SV Queen Mary looking round exhibition pan to Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) ...looking at rayon exhibits pan up to design in rayon. SV Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary feeling Fabric. SV Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) accompanied by President of the Board of Trade, Harold Wilson walking round. SV Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh looking round exhibition. CU Small china Models of Disney animals etc., Pan LV GV exterior of buyers club. CU Mr Ade Shonekan, Nigerian buyer. CU Professor
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