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TV OR NOT TV

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WORK ID: YFA 5903 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
TV OR NOT TVc.1960 1957-01-01
Details Original Format: Standard 8
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Silent
Duration: 4 mins 10 secs
Credits: Doug and Norah Brear

Subject: Arts/Culture



Summary
This is a whimsical film made by Doug and Norah Brear, misled by newspaper headlines. 
Description
This is a whimsical film made by Doug and Norah Brear, misled by newspaper headlines.  Title - Chaseley Films Present Title - TV or not TV Norah sits in her living room with the television on which seems to be showing an episode of ‘Come Dancing’.  Norah looks at the local newspaper which has a headline warning of robberies while people are watching TV.  Doug come in and together they watch Grandstand on television, with David Coleman presenting, and featuring a motor rally.  Doug hears a...
This is a whimsical film made by Doug and Norah Brear, misled by newspaper headlines.  Title - Chaseley Films Present Title - TV or not TV Norah sits in her living room with the television on which seems to be showing an episode of ‘Come Dancing’.  Norah looks at the local newspaper which has a headline warning of robberies while people are watching TV.  Doug come in and together they watch Grandstand on television, with David Coleman presenting, and featuring a motor rally.  Doug hears a noise and the two of them race upstairs and into the bedroom.  They see the jewellery laid out on a cloth, and they both hide in the wardrobe.  After about 40 minutes they emerge, and nothing seems to have happened.  They go downstairs only to find that the TV had gone. Title - End Additional Information: on the can this is marked as the Brear's first film.
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