Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: France Builds Giant Dam

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
973A
Date Released
29 Jan 1948
Date submitted
23 Jan 1948
Date submitted
26 Jan 1948
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gennissiat Dam. DESCRIPTION: A dam across the river Rhone has been built at Genissiat and the planned turbo-electric plant will be the largest in Europe. SHOTLIST: KS Aerial of dam (several). Various elevated shots of dam. Various shots of the dam and lake. Mr Lacoste, Minister of Industrial Production, presses button. Various shots of water over fall into lake. Lacoste inspects same. Several shots of water rushing along narrow trenches (15 foot wide), artificially cut. Several shots of turbines, alternators etc. Aerial shot of huge dam.
Keywords
Engineering
Footage sources
France
Card file number
49738
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: France Builds Giant Dam', British Movietone News Issue No. 973A, 29 Jan 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14910 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)