News Briefs: Frontier Dash

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1261
Date Released
3 Aug 1953
Date submitted
29 Jul 1953
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 8
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Czechs Crash Iron Curtain. DESCRIPTION: A Czech mechanic shows the tank in which he and his family crossed the Bavarian frontier from Czechoslovakia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. MS of home-made tank. Tank drives through bushes and frontier barriers. Family climb out of tank. Various shots of man, wife and two children stand around outside tank.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Exile
Locations
Bavaria; West Germany; Czechoslavakia German Border
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
59473
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Briefs: Frontier Dash', British Movietone News Issue No. 1261, 3 Aug 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18662 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)