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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1302A

Date Released

20 May 1954

Date submitted

May 1954

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Exercise Run Aground
• 2. By the Way: Summer Fashions
• 3. By the Way: Journalist on Strike
• 4. By the Way: Frying Today
• 5. By the Way: A Tall Story
• 6. Bannister on Record
• 7. USA - Smash Hits
• 8. USA - Smash Hits
• 9. USA - Smash Hits
• 10. USA - Smash Hits
• 11. Aboard Britannia
• *Lord Mayor of Leeds with Koyli

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 11

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Exercise Run Aground. DESCRIPTION: At Eastney, the beach was used for the demonstration of amphibious landings before observers of the three services and NATO. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Beach at Eastney. Frogmen out of water. Tanks out of LTs onto beach. Mine clearing tank on beach. Planes strafing. Marines land and run up beach. Planes strafing VG shots. Helicopter with man hanging. CU Sir Roderick McGrigor watching. Troops fire rocket hooks to top of cliff. Men climbing cliffs with rope. Life affair hooked up. Men descending cliff very fast by rope.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Vehicles; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Navy; Military

Locations

Eastney

Card file number

61037

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Peter Brown

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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