Personal Details - 1951 | The Archivist Presents | #427
Swearing in the British Movietone newsreel? Almost!
Arrangements are now well advanced for the Census to be taken on Sunday April 8th, 1951
CU Census forms. GV of room with machinery for recording figures. MS girls operating card punch machines. CU hand operating keys. MS & CU machine sorting cars. MS enumerator approaches house. MS him & woman on doorstep. MS interior husband filling in form whilst mother-in-law reads paper he turns to her & says “Would you mind telling me the date of your birth for this Census Form“. She looks indignantly and says “I’m not giving you personal details Archie, you get me a separate form“. Spoof sequence of Russian spy filling in form. GV Hylton Craig interviews Mr Williams (dustman) asked him about his employers & has to put his hand over the microphone to cover reply.
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