Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: Strachey Meets Soviet Food Ships

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
958
Date Released
13 Oct 1947
Date submitted
9 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Tinned Fish for Britain. DESCRIPTION: The Russians recently arrived at Liverpool with a cargo of 60 thousand cases of salmon and 25 thousand of crab. SHOTLIST: KS GV ship in docks. SCU bows of ship shows name Sarpedon. Various shots looking down hold, shows unloading of fish cargo in cases in progress. Cases of fish in warehouse. Mr and Mrs Strachey inspect the consignment. Shots of Strachey (Minister of Food) sampling one of the tins of fish. Cases naturally have Russian markings. Cut-in of Russian flag flying at masthead. Strachey goes aboard ship.
Keywords
Food and cooking
Locations
Liverpool
Card file number
49280
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: In the News: Strachey Meets Soviet Food Ships', British Movietone News Issue No. 958, 13 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14714 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)