Lion Issue Title Is On The Spot (1943)

Part of issue ON THE SPOT. Clapham Junction, London. A lion escapes from railway yard. Various shots of frightened looking lion crouching in corner of yard. A crowd of people watch from distance. Policemen and Home Guardsmen have lion covered with rifles. A policeman tells a little boy off for trying to poke a stick through the fence of the yard. Various shots of people looking out of windows of railway carriage. Eventually the lion is caught. A hole is broken in fence and a trap placed against the hole. The lion creeps into the trap, probably tempted by food. Note: narrator speaks in Northern accent, commentary spoken like a poem, lots of references to Stanley Holloway rhyme about Albert and the lion. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents t