Atom Power to the Arctic

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1704
Date Released
29 Jan 1962
Date submitted
22 Jan 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Power to the Arctic. DESCRIPTION: Crunching and crashing her way through the frozen Arctic, the Russian atom-powered ice-breaker Lenin was on an unusual assignment, loaded with supplies and equipment, the big ship carried pretty well everything necessary to establish a scientific station in the far North. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Lenin (ice breaker). MS the deck of Lenin. MS pan oil drums. MS men building hut (on boat). MS man put in window. MS plane flies over. MS boat. (2 shots) boat breaking through ice. MCU man. LS men blowing up ice. (3 shots) men in gale. CU flag. GV group of men. GV pan men building huts.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Navy; Military; Nuclear energy
Locations
Arctic
Footage sources
Pathe
Card file number
83780
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Atom Power to the Arctic', British Movietone News Issue No. 1704, 29 Jan 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24476 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)