News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1087A

Date Released

6 Apr 1950

Date Other

Apr 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Comet in Production
• 2. Britain’s Floating Shop Window
• 3. Freebooter’s Welcome
• 4. Zoo News for Easter
• 5. Defence Committee at the Hague
• 6. Trailer: This is Not Laughing Gas
• *The Scottish Cup Semi-Final
• *New Reservoir for Huddersfield
• *Warrington for Wembley
• *Hull Welcomes US Destroyer
• *Roller Skating Marathon
• *Yorkshire Cricketers in the Nets

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Reservoir at Digly (To Supply Huddersfield). DESCRIPTION: In the Holme Valley, the 700 million gallon reservoir which will supply a part of Huddersfield’s water, is under construction. Work has been held up by a shortage of labour but completion is expected by 1953. SHOTLIST: CU sketch of Holme Valley showing new reservoir dissolve to present with construction work going on. GV site. GV larger concrete mixer. TS workmen breaking up boulders tilt up to site. GV reservoir walls under construction. GV tunnel which confines Digly Brook. TS huge trench being filled with concrete. Pan across site. GV workmen with pneumatic drill, pan to another series of. GV blasts in quarry wall.

Local distribution only

For Yorkshire only instead of item 2.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Engineering

Locations

Huddersfield; Digly Brook

Card file number

53507A

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

189

Story extras:

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