Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Ship Launched by Radio

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
951
Date Released
25 Aug 1947
Date submitted
21 Aug 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pretoria Castle Launched By Radio. DESCRIPTION: The Pretoria Castle went down the slipway in Belfast, launched via the radio by Mrs Smuts thousands of miles away in South Africa. SHOTLIST: KS GV ship’s bows - on stocks. Crowds around slipway. CU name Pretoria Castle on bows. Sir Vernon Thompson on launching platform addresses Mrs Smuts in South Africa over radio. GV bottle of champagne breaking on bows (launched by radio). Elevated shot as ship begins to move down slipway. Ship out of camera. Shot of ship in the water. Cut-in of workmen pulling away the piles, stocks etc. from underneath ship. The SS Pretoria Castle is a Union Castle liner.
Local distribution only
Special version also.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Launchings
Locations
Belfast
Footage sources
Gaumont
Card file number
49038
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
137
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Ship Launched by Radio', British Movietone News Issue No. 951, 25 Aug 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14610 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)