News In A Nutshell (1935)

News in a Nutshell. America (USA) - M/S of Yale rowing team practising in purpose built tank which is mechanically flooded and flows like a real river. Various shots as they practise their strokes in a wooden platform with seats down the middle like a boat. Their coach shouts instructions to them. Wapping, East London. Camera pans up a fireman’s ladder to flames shooting out of the top of a gas works from barrels of tar, it carries on to a fireman at the top tackling the blaze. M/S as other firemen shout instructions to him. Various shots as they fight the fire. Rome, Italy. M/S low angle shot of a man holding a monkey and a parrot, various shots of other people with their pet dogs and cats. They have gathered at the church of St. Eusebe in Victor Emmanuel Square for the Feast of St. Anthony. M/S as a priest blesses all the animals. C/U of one girl holding her cat and smiling. Various shots of the people with their animals. Southampton, Hampshire. Various shots as troops from all regiment