Holiday with Profit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1464A
Date Released
27 Jun 1957
Date submitted
18 Jun 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Holidays With Profit. DESCRIPTION: A tip from Rhodesia, where it’s quite the fashion to spend weekends prospecting for uranium. SHOTLIST: Man with geiger counter pointing at ground. Girl runs up with article of interest. Shot down by river with men searching for uranium - bearing rock. Men knocking lumps of rock off larger rock. Man stooping with geiger counter pointing at rock. Finger close up, pointing at meter. Scene of camp, men doing various things. Man holding drill into ground. Other scene knocking samples off rock and putting into bag. Close up of sample. Team searching.
Keywords
Mining
Locations
Rhodesia
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
71032
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Holiday with Profit', British Movietone News Issue No. 1464A, 27 Jun 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21769 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)