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Title: HALF PAST EIGHT SHOW

Reference number: 1133

Date: 1939c

Director: [filmed by friend of Harry Gordon]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.21 mins

Description: Filmed during the dress rehearsal of the "Half Past Eight Show" starring Harry Gordon, Betty Jumel, Margaret Holden, Georgina Jumel and Bunty Gordon.

First show in which Margaret Holden, Georgina Jumel and Bunty Gordon appeared together.

Credits: [Mostly shot inside various theatres]

Shotlist: No credits. Group of people board light aircraft (.23); Bi-plane G ABAJ on grass. Harry Gordon and a woman get in and the plane takes off (1.24); Various shots from the plane of terrain below (1.56); Plane on ground, group of people alongside (2.08); Open-air stadium/ground with milling crowds. Dance troupe on stage under a canopy. (2.50); Fast pan round stadium (3.05); More aerial shots from the plane. Bi-plane G ACIT flies alongside (4.15); Family in garden (7.05); General views of the stage show ("Half Past Eight") inside theatre [chorus includes Betty Jumel, Margaret Holden, Georgina Jumel, Bunty Gordon] (7.36); More shots of family in garden (9.21)