Seventy Below

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1396
Date Released
5 Mar 1956
Date submitted
29 Feb 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 11
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seventy Below. DESCRIPTION: A gale force blizzard put a temporary stop to the American Army’s Exercise Moosehorn in Alaska. But the weather was all part of a plan to discover how to survive an Arctic campaign at seventy below zero. SHOTLIST: The American army’s exercise ‘Moosehorn’ in Alaska. To discover how to survive an Arctic campaign at seventy below zero. SCU blizzard. Various shots during blizzard. SCU tents. SCU parachutes. Sleigh team various shots. Scenery etc. Plane drops food.
Keywords
Environment; Military
Locations
Arctic; Moosehorn
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
66141
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
56
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Seventy Below', British Movietone News Issue No. 1396, 5 Mar 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20773 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)