Atom Exercise

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1132A
Date Released
15 Feb 1951
Date submitted
12 Feb 1951
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Exercises. DESCRIPTION: For Britain’s first big post-war civil defence exercise, a large number of troops moved into Bristol to aid Civil Defence workers. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV ruins with wardens, workers, etc. running about. Troops lined up on bridge, in rain. GV helicopter hovering about to land. MS helicopter after landing. Colonel Gough in uniform - SCU. Troops & Civil Defence workers clearing rubbish, digging out wounded etc. Rendering first aid to injured, carrying away on stretcher, another stretcher along cable. Snowing hard. Firemen fighting imaginary fires, playing hose-pipes on same.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Weather; Aviation; Fires; Civil defence; Military; Nuclear energy
Locations
Bristol
Card file number
55019
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
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'Atom Exercise', British Movietone News Issue No. 1132A, 15 Feb 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16946 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)