Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Salvaging Coal from German Riverbed

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

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

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coal From German Riverbed. DESCRIPTION: In Bremen they have been dredging the harbour for coal that has fallen from ships during the past twenty years. SHOTLIST: KS GV ship dredger in Industrial Harbour. MS water pouring from suction pipes into river. German inhabitants scavenging in the mud of the river for coal, filling buckets, sacks etc. with pieces of coal, some of them up to their waist in water. Shots of people carting away coal in hand carts etc.
Locations
Bremen; River Weser
Footage sources
German Newsreel
Card file number
49291
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Salvaging Coal from German Riverbed', British Movietone News Issue No. 958A, 16 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14720 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)