Dreadnought on Trial

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1750
Date Released
17 Dec 1962
Date submitted
12 Dec 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dreadnought on Trial. DESCRIPTION: Leaving the Barrow-in-Furness yards the Vickers-Armstrong - Britain’s first nuclear powered submarine. The trials of this twenty million pound submarine coincided with an Admiralty announcement that, as well as Valiant, a third submarine has been ordered, costing about sixteen million. Dreadnought was starting the seagoing trials in gale-force conditions - and she completed her first trials successfully. SHOTLIST: Key scene. HMS Dreadnought. MS same. MCU conning tower. LS Dreadnought. LS same left to right. LS Dreadnought in heavy seas.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weapons; Nuclear energy
Locations
Barrow-in-Furness
Footage sources
Vickers-Armstrong Ltd
Card file number
85664
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Dreadnought on Trial', British Movietone News Issue No. 1750, 17 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24921 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)