News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1503

Date Released

24 Mar 1958

Date submitted

20 Mar 1958

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fuchs Reaches New Zealand
• 2. Meet the Stars
• 3. Last of the Debs
• 4. The ‘Grapefruit’ in Orbit
• 5. The Goliath
• 6. Varsity Crews Prepare
• 7. FA Cup Semi-Finals
• 8. FA Cup Semi-Finals
• 9. The Greatest Sporting Event of the Year the Grand National Only to Be Seen on Your Cinema Screen

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The ‘Goliath’ Crane. DESCRIPTION: They call it Goliath, a giant crane, which can handle loads of two hundred tons at a time. It was specially designed and built by a British firm, to speed up the construction of the Electricity Board’s nuclear power station at Bradwell-on-Sea. SHOTLIST: GV crane. LS same pan down to base. LS block being lifted. MS Bogies move along track. LS crane & block. GV from crane. Another same. GV crane.

Keywords

Vehicles; Industry and manufacture; Engineering

Locations

England; Essex; Little Bradwell

Card file number

73178

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

51

Story extras:

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