Trouble on the Beach

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1713
Date Released
2 Apr 1962
Date Other
Mar 1962
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trouble on the Beach. DESCRIPTION: The trouble is oil, and every year thousands of birds are killed by the stuff, which is discharged by ships at sea and washed in-shore. They laid on this demonstration at Brighton. The only way to deal with tarry lumps is to remove them, and a machine has been developed for that purpose by the Warren Spring Laboratory. There can also be trouble from liquid oil, and in this case, they treated a trial area by spraying. SHOTLIST: Ship at sea. Sunbathers on beach getting covered in tar. New machine demonstrated for clearing tar from beaches. Men hose down beaches with detergent. Interior shots of laboratory experimenting with tar.
Keywords
Safety devices; Pollution
Locations
Brighton
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
84120
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
131
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Trouble on the Beach', British Movietone News Issue No. 1713, 2 Apr 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24573 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)