World’s Largest Nutcracker

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1888A
Date Released
12 Aug 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Largest Nutcracker. DESCRIPTION: Abandoned cars are a problem which a Midlands company has solved. A 40 ft machine, hauled by a 6 wheeled truck, from town to town, squeezes car wrecks into little parcels of scrap for use in steel mills. SHOTLIST: MS heap of scrap cars. MS same. MLS lorry arriving towing car crusher. TS pan same. MS car being lifted into crusher. TS people watching. MS car in crusher. MS people watching. MS crane knocking car roof in. MS controller. MS crusher’s sides going in onto car. CU same. MS ram pushing NoSled car from crusher. MS bar emerging as a block of scrap metal. MS man pushing block onto a lorry.
Keywords
Vehicles; Transport
Card file number
90026
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'World’s Largest Nutcracker', British Movietone News Issue No. 1888A, 12 Aug 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26104 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)