Ideal Home Exhibition (1952)

Olympia, London. Various shots of the people walking in the gardens at Ideal Home Exhibition at London’s Olympia, woman showing some plants to a little boy. GV. One of the houses. MS. Old man seated on bench outside the house. CU. Sign reading ’The Old People’s House’. MS. Old woman knitting in front of fireplace inside house. MS. Old woman knitting. LS. The village street, showing various houses, pub, a shop, little square in the middle, people walking around. CU. Harold Macmillan, Housing Minister and another man walking around. LS. Mr Macmillan entering one of the houses. LS. Village street scene, people walking around. SV. Pretty woman demonstrating ’bachelor suite chair’ and settee with adjustable side. She pulls the arm rest away to show a small drawer underneath the chair. She also demonstrates how to convert a settee into a divan. MS. Display of ship’s lanterns. MS. Sailor in Nelson period costume. MS. & CU. Sailor looking at lanterns. Woman demonstrating Sherry set. She pours Sherry into old time