Everybody Stopped Work (1959)

Title reads: “Everybody Stopped Work“. Filmed in locations around Britain. Various shots busy London airport: luggage carousels, passengers boarding planes, planes taking off. Comet arriving. C/U Princess Anne (Princess Royal), Prince Charles (Prince of Wales), Queen Mother and Princess Margaret waving from airport rooftop. Various shots Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) coming out of the Comet and going to car with rest of Royal Family. Various shots holiday crowds at Victoria Station. C/U Engine driver leaning out of steam train cab. Various shots traffic being directed by policeman. Various shots crowded beach at Margate, Kent, including Punch and Judy show. M/S man relaxing in garden with feet up on lawnmower. Various shots deserted streets in City of London. Comic sequence: safe robber breaks into bank safe to find policeman inside. Various shots athletics competition at White City between Britain and West Germany: men’s 100 yds. is won by Peter Radford, second R