This appears to be an appeal for the National Children's Home and Orphanage. The sound is missing. Uncle Mac was a BBC Childrens Radio broadcaster from 1954. It's not known whether he's featured in this item.
This appears to be an appeal for the National Children's Home and Orphanage. The sound is missing. Uncle Mac was a BBC Childrens Radio broadcaster from 1954. It's not known whether he's featured in this item.
UNCLE MAC CALLING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE
A man sits at a desk in his study. Three young children enter and speak with him. WS a field full of sheep. CU the farmer. MS Lambs with their mother. WS a row of terraced houses with smoking chimneys. Closer view showing the backyard entrances to the houses. Scenes in a very poor residential area with children playing in the street. Two boys standing in the snow, blow their hands to keep warm.. Children playing in the snow. A girl sleeping in a barrel in the snow. Run-down housing, dirty kids playing in the street. A map of England. Elegant homes and large country houses. A woman with her sheep.
Lovely shots of: Young children blowing bubbles, children in a school room, a group of little girls and their dolls having a tea party.
Cut back to the group in the study. The man at the desk talks to camera. His right eye is slightly disfigured. CU a photograph of a distinguished academic looking gentleman on his desk. The three children bow in a thank you to camera.
End title: National Children's Home and Orphanage.
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"A man sits at a desk in his study" - that's "Uncle Mac", alias Derek McCulloch.
The statement in the opening paragraph, reading "It's not known whether he's featured in this item", can now be dispensed with.