An Unidentified Object

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1487A
Date Released
5 Dec 1957
Date submitted
3 Dec 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Unidentified Object. DESCRIPTION: A flaming something or other out of the sky. It landed in a marsh near Hamburg, right in a ditch. It could be part of the Sputnik rocket, or it could be something even stranger. SHOTLIST: Man and boy looking at the ‘Object’ in the marshland ditch. CU ‘Object’. It is tested for radio activity. It is dammed up in the stream and covered with sacks. Shots of people looking-on, and dog running away.
Keywords
Environment; Science and technology; Space; Animals
Locations
Germany; Hamburg
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
72279
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
Film clip

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'An Unidentified Object', British Movietone News Issue No. 1487A, 5 Dec 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22075 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)