Polar News

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1400A
Date Released
5 Apr 1956
Date submitted
3 Apr 1956
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Polar News - Governor General Massey. DESCRIPTION: Then to the opposite Pole, to fly over the Arctic snow peaks with Canada’s Governor General Vincent Massey. He decided to cross the North Pole during his tour of the Northern territories. SHOTLIST: CU Vincent Massey seated in plane. Aerial shot of the snow covered mountains as taken from the plane. CU of a time capsule??. Aerial shot of the mountains. Baffin Island - Vincent Massey alights from plane. Panning shot of Eskimos. Vincent Massey talking to Eskimo with baby on her back. Eskimo children jumping up and down. Interior of igloo with Vincent Massey inside with Eskimos. Vincent Massey alights from igloo. Vincent Massey stroking a dog. Vincent Massey on a sleigh shakes child’s hand.
Keywords
Politics and government; Environment; Independence movements
Locations
Arctic; North Pole
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
66466
Credits:
Commentator
David Lewis Jacobs
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Polar News', British Movietone News Issue No. 1400A, 5 Apr 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20857 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)