| LAUGHTER A look at what amuses people at different ages. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7046 | |
| Catalog #: | 510150 | |
| Clip Number: | 510150-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 262 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:39 - 01:52:08 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Humor BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Laughter ENTERTAINMENT: Comedy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | LAUGHTER A look at what amuses people at different ages. London M/S of a man dressed as a judge telling a joke, a barrister laughs. The prisoner answers the joke but gets told to be quiet. Various shots of people frowning. M/S as a man puts his hat on the back of a chair but someone moves it so he sits on it. He doesn't look very pleased when he puts it on. Various shots showing what amuses people at different ages, for example a girl of 21 laughs at the idea of not getting married. At 40 the humour of Dickens, Ronald Frankau, Cyril Fletcher and Jack Warner appeals, we see C/U's of the three comedians. M/S of a joke book then a diagram showing the classifications of jokes, for example marriage and commercial travellers. M/S of Hermann Goering standing on a balcony smiling. Various shots of people carrying parts of a wrecked aeroplane and dropping them next to others. | |
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