News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1322A

Date Released

7 Oct 1954

Date submitted

4 Oct 1954

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Nine Powers Agree
• 2. News in Brief: The American Hac
• 3. News in Brief: Jet Noise Abatement
• 4. News in Brief: Fire at the Gpo
• 5. By the Way - Pearlies Parade
• 6. By the Way - Animal Sunday
• 7. By the Way - Nigerian Nuptials
• 8. The Naval Scene - Submarine Escape Apparatus
• 9. The Naval Scene - HMS Ceylon and Magpie
• 10. Soccer - England Beat Ireland

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Submarine Escape Apparatus. DESCRIPTION: At Submarine Headquarters at Gosport, a one-man escape chamber method has been recently demonstrated in a new 100 ft escape training tank. SHOTLIST: General shots of the entrance to the Head Quarters at Gosport. GV of the 100 ft escape tower. CU of man entering the chamber. Man closes the water tight door. Shots of men surfacing. Man operating the air control.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Navy; Military

Locations

Gosport

Card file number

61977

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Camera

Peter Brown

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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