Underwater ‘Vision

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1194
Date Released
21 Apr 1952
Date submitted
17 Apr 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Underwater Television. DESCRIPTION: The Underwater Television camera was recently demonstrated at Tolworth, and a cameraman, wearing frogman’s equipment went down into the test tank. The point of the demonstration was to show the use of television far below the surface. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Through porthole in testing tank, diver holding television camera. Camera being put in water tight case, MS gantry camera & lights fitted on same. Frogman going down with camera, shots of him underwater, also as seen on television screen. Various shots of diver at work, also diver burning steel.
Keywords
Mass media; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries; Television
Locations
Surrey; Tolworth
Card file number
57076
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Underwater ‘Vision', British Movietone News Issue No. 1194, 21 Apr 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17736 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)