999 Scotland Yard (1948)

Scotland Yard, London. C, U of hand dialling 999 on telephone. Various shots of police telephone exchange, the information room at Scotland Yard. A policeman answers telephone and notes an address: 7 Creswick Road, Acton. The telephonists takes information over to large map of London. A radio operator passes on message to squad car in Acton. M, S of police car driving down suburban street. A detective in pain clothes gets out and rings doorbell. He chats with housewife who tells him she has just been visited by a bogus electric supply official. POV shot from squad car driving down shopping street. The detective and policeman stop and search a man fitting the description given by housewife. Note: see accompanying paperwork for newspaper article about emergency services. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES