Screwy - But It Makes Sense

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1809A
Date Released
6 Feb 1964
Date submitted
1 Feb 1964
Date Other
Jan 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Screwy - But It Makes Sense. DESCRIPTION: The new Swamp Buggy issued to the American Navy is less than fourteen feet long, it can carry ten hundred weight of supplies or six people, and it can carry them anywhere, land, water and every muddy mixture in between. SHOTLIST: Key scene - (fade title and mix to) GV aerial swamp buggy tracks (mix to) GV same. GV zoom in swamp buggy. CU screws of same. Aerial swamp buggy travelling. MS pan same. CU driver. GV swamp buggy travelling. CU tracks of same. Aerial same travelling. GV same enters water. CU screws in water. CU wake of swamp buggy. Aerial same travelling on water. GV pan same. ES swamp buggy turning. CU same travelling on water. MS same from water to land. Aerial swamp buggy travelling. GV zoom in same travels sideways. TS same travelling. ES same (2 shots). LS swamp buggy over marshland.
Keywords
Vehicles; Environment; Navy; Military
Locations
United States of America; River Mississippi
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
87866
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
128
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Screwy - But It Makes Sense', British Movietone News Issue No. 1809A, 6 Feb 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25421 (Accessed 24 Jun 2025)