Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Ice Patrol

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
885A
Date Released
23 May 1946
Date submitted
20 May 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Iceberg Patrol. DESCRIPTION: The Ice Patrol is back on the job in the North Atlantic, charting and reporting on the ice floes. SHOTLIST: Bows of ship (as seen from bridge) ploughing through seas. Various shots of deck of ship, officers with various kinds of instruments taking details of positions of icebergs. Various shots of icebergs. Plane flies over iceberg, several shots. Survey of icebergs is done by the Coast Guards.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weather; Exploration and explorers
Locations
Greenland
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
46959
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The Ice Patrol', British Movietone News Issue No. 885A, 23 May 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13870 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)