High Flying Fish

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1855
Date Released
21 Dec 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Flying Fish. DESCRIPTION: Baby carp, around ten million of them, are flown out from Hong Kong to other parts of Asia for stocking rivers and lakes. When only a couple of inches long they’re put into plastic bags containing water. Oxygen is blown into the water to aerate it before the bags are sealed up. Some are bound for Britain. They were ordered by the Central Electricity Board to eat the weeds at Roosecote Power Station near Barrow-in Furness. SHOTLIST: Medium close up of fish in tank. Man lifting net out of water. Fish in net. Close up of cat looking at fish. Man scooping fish out of net. Men carrying fish away in buckets. Cat watching. Fish being poured into other container. Small fish in container. Man putting air pipe into plastic bag container. Man releasing air tap from cylinder. Man securing top of plastic bag in box. Plastic bags in their boxes. Boxes stored on truck. Boxes loaded onto aeroplane on escalator.
Keywords
Fisheries
Locations
United Kingdom; Hong Kong
Footage sources
Hong Kong
Card file number
89186
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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'High Flying Fish', British Movietone News Issue No. 1855, 21 Dec 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25795 (Accessed 07 May 2025)