News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1237A

Date Released

19 Feb 1953

Date submitted

17 Feb 1953

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fifth Round Cup-Tie
• 2. Fifth Round Cup-Tie
• 3. Queen and Duke Tour Flood Areas
• 4. Frigate Raised
• 5. Mrs Churchill Launches HMS Hermes
• 6. Miller Gives Turpin Tough Battle
• *Coronation Ball
• *Battle of Flowers
• *Rugger - Ireland V England

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Raising Berkeley Castle Frigate. DESCRIPTION: Good news from Sheerness Dockyard, where the Frigate HMS Berkeley Castle, which capsized when the floods swept her supports away, has been re-floated. SHOTLIST: Cut story - MS Frigate on side. Shots of capsized Frigate. Cut-in Admiral of the Nore. Frigate righted by re-flooding dock. MS Frigate.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military

Locations

Sheerness

Card file number

58579

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

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