Learning about the Oceans
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Learning About the Oceans. DESCRIPTION: Discovery, the new research ship, is a complete self-contained laboratory with equipment facilities for all branches of oceanic research. In May, she’ll be off to the Arabian Sea to take part in an international programme aimed at finding out about the currents. And here is another way of exploring the sea down below: a tube, 150 feet long, will enable Frenchman Yves Cousteau to have a look at the sea bed between Nice and Corsica from really close quarters. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Discovery. CU man working at oscilloscope. CU man places camera in container. Man fits flash unit (2 shots). MS line of bottles. CU bottle placed on rack. MCU tanks. CU dish. MCU diagram of fish. MS man inspects squid. CU man looking at radar screen. MCU man looking at chart. LS Tower Bridge. GV Discovery. GV Floating Island (in Nice). CU pan down diagram of ship. GV ship. (The Discovery is the new research ship).
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Science and technology; Exploration and explorers
- Locations
- France; Nice; Pool of London
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 85939
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 128
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How to cite this record
'Learning about the Oceans', British Movietone News Issue No. 1756A, 31 Jan 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24971 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)