Survival Trials

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1643
Date Released
28 Nov 1960
Date submitted
24 Nov 1960
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Survival Trials. DESCRIPTION: Jumping down from HMS Plover, volunteers set out on survival trials off Portland. The idea is to find out whether the Navy’s life-saving equipment is still the best available. During preliminary trials, men stayed in the rafts for 48 hours. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV 2 sailors packing survival supplies into kit-bag. CU same. MS sailors tying up kit-bag. MS sailors lift kitbag and throw it into the water. MS sailor jumps in after it. MS another from HMS Plover. MS another GV sailor doing back-stroke. GV sailor swimming towards kitbag. MS kitbag. GV same. CU 2 sailors on kitbag. MS sailors watching from HMS Plover. MS sailor helped aboard. MLS Medical Officer feeling sailor’s pulse. MCU same. CU sailor with drink.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Safety devices; Navy; Military
Locations
England
Card file number
81446
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Survival Trials', British Movietone News Issue No. 1643, 28 Nov 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23876 (Accessed 01 Apr 2025)