News Briefs: Skysweeper Gun

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1239A
Date Released
5 Mar 1953
Date submitted
2 Mar 1953
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 9
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Skysweeper Gun. DESCRIPTION: On Long Island, they’ve a new radar-controlled gun, which picks up the position of a plane and brings itself to bear of the target. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS gun. Various shots of the 75 mm radar-controlled gun in action. Various shots of the gun firing.
Keywords
Weapons; Military
Locations
United States of America; Long Island; Great Neek
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
58649
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
54
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Briefs: Skysweeper Gun', British Movietone News Issue No. 1239A, 5 Mar 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18411 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)