School Blazer

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1638A
Date Released
27 Oct 1960
Date submitted
24 Oct 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: School Blazer. DESCRIPTION: A State School a few miles away from Melbourne, went up in flames and smoke. Police said they believed the fire was started by 3 small boys, who decided it would be great fun to play with matches. Now, our pictures show the Norwegian 25,000 ton tanker Polyana with a fire blazing for’ard, and another burning aft. Help was on the way with HMS Dalrymple, a Royal Naval survey vessel had reached the scene. Other ships, too, including the Caltex Rome and another tanker, the Texaco Iowa, helped with the rescue operations, that saved 28 of Polyana’s crew. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS blazer. MS fires. CU spectators. SGV fire. SGV wreckage falling. MS fire MS equipment. MS pan same. Slip pan. Aerial shot tanker on fire. Aerial shot same. Aerial shot HMS Dalrymple. Aerial shot Caltex Rome. Same Texaco Iowa. Aerial shot ships. Aerial shots burning tanker. LS same GV same.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Fires; Navy; Crime; Accidents and disasters; Military
Locations
Australia; Persian Gulf
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
81277
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
149
Story extras:
Film clip

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'School Blazer', British Movietone News Issue No. 1638A, 27 Oct 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23829 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)