News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1413

Date Released

2 Jul 1956

Date submitted

28 Jun 1956

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Commonwealth Premiers Meet
• 2. Egypt Celebrates
• 3. Warships for Israel
• 4. News in Brief: Lucy Retains Title
• 5. News in Brief: Turbine Car
• 6. News in Brief: A Future Fashion
• 7. Aviation: Moscow Air Day
• 8. Aviation: US Bases in Spain
• 9. Aviation: Giant Aircraft Factory
• *Princess Margaret in Stoke

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 9

Section Title

News in Brief

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Suit. DESCRIPTION: An aluminium outfit built to withstand a temperature one eighth as hot as the Sun’s surface. Demonstrated in New York by Mr Donald Bennet. SHOTLIST: Various shots of Donald Bennet wearing a aluminium suit. Bennet holding something which is on fire. Seated on chair which then catches fire.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Locations

New York; United States of America

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

67444

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Length of story (in feet)

39

Story extras:

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