Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Great Fog Hold-Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1018
Date Released
6 Dec 1948
Date submitted
30 Nov 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Great Fog. DESCRIPTION: The whole of the British Isles was enveloped in a thick fog which lasted several days. SHOTLIST: KS GV traffic in fog. Bus into camera out of fog. CU person reading newspaper. GVs Embankment, shows fog lying low on River Thames. GV train viaduct at Stockport. Various shots of wrecked train on viaduct.
Keywords
Weather
Locations
London; Stockport
Card file number
51125
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Great Fog Hold-Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 1018, 6 Dec 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15466 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)