World News Items: New Rescue Launch

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1219A
Date Released
16 Oct 1952
Date submitted
Oct 1952
Date submitted
10 Oct 1952
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Section Title
World News Items
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Diesel Rescue Launch. DESCRIPTION: Demonstrating off Portsmouth - the RAF’s latest fire-fighting, sea-rescue launch. She can dash to the aid of a crashed aircraft at a speed of about thirty knots and can operate for five hours at high speed. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. GV of launch. Various shots of the launch at speed, also shots taken from it while at speed. Fire fighting from launch, also shots of launch passing United States.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Newcastle.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Aviation; Military
Locations
Southampton
Card file number
57944
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Samuelson
Length of story (in feet)
62
Story extras:
Film clip

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'World News Items: New Rescue Launch', British Movietone News Issue No. 1219A, 16 Oct 1952. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18125 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)