One Minute News (1947)

Full title reads: “One Minute News“. Germany. Smallest car in Germany. MS CU the car driving along, is suddenly picked up in a man’s hands. CU the body of the small model / toy car is removed to reveal the mechanism with a tiny diesel engine. LS the car going along a road beside other traffic, looking like a tiny ant crawling along. Canterbury, Kent. 78 years old Bill Merrit, Britain’s oldest miner awarded the BEM (British Empire Medal). CU Bill Merrit, lying in a hospital bed, reading letters. CU He talks into mic, held by Pathe’s John Parsons. (nat sound). He has worked in coal mines for 65 years. Amsterdam Zoo, Holland / The Netherlands. Lots of mothers and baby animals. CU a mother hippopotamus and baby. CU An reindeer family. CU mother cow and calf. CU highland cow and calf. CU a Kangaroo and Joey. MS Kangaroos jumping along. MS a monkey, with a baby hanging on, leaping up rocks. CU family of goats. CU a pony and foal. CU a sealion catches a ball on its nose, then plunges into a pool. MS a tor