• Short Summary

    Short scene at Waterloo Station as Pathe reporter, John Parsons, interviews Tommy Handley as he and ITMA scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh leave on a trip to the USA

  • Description

    Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

    Waterloo Station, London

    CU John Parsons, Pathe reporter, interviews Tommy Handley as he leaves on a visit to the United States of America / USA. He asks if Handley will look for any of the GIs he met in the UK. Handley replies that he hopes so but "the trouble is, it's like looking for Mr Jones in Wales, to try find the GIs I want to meet." After New York, Handley is going to Montreal and then back to Liverpool where he hopes to meet "the finest broadcaster in existence at the moment - my mother! See!". LS Handley with his dog and the ITMA ("It's That Man Again" radio comedy programme) team including script writer Ted Kavanagh, by a Paris Pullman train.

    Cuts 47/51.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2401.08
    Media URN:
    66733
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:38:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:09:11:00 / 01:09:49:00
    Canister:
    UN 1749 G

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  1. Unknown user says

    This footage constitutes cut-offs for clip 1187.08.

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