News In A Nutshell (1936)

News in a Nutshell. Intertitle - ’Spain’ - Various shots of the town of Irun which has been captured by Nationalist forces. Various poignant shots of refugees with their possessions crossing the border to France. M/S of a little girl looking at the camera. Intertitle - ’Wittersham’ - (Isle of Oxney ?) - M/S of the cricket team sat in rows. M/S of their professional opponents, Ashdown and Wensley. They walk out to play, various shots as Wittersham 11 bat and Wensley and Ashdown field. Various shots of people watching. M/S’s as the professionals bat, they manage to win by 33 runs despite there only being the two of them. Various shots of the spectators and the scoreboard. Intertitle - ’Staffordshire’ - M/S of a car driving down a road in Lichfield. Various shots of damage caused by a freak storm, trees have been blown down and roofs are ripped off farms. M/S of a poultry farm which has been destroyed, farmers hold up dead chickens. L/S of the farm which is missing most of its roof. Intert